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Austriana

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1900 Austriana British Maritime Trust Ltd.
1900 Powhatan British Maritime Trust Ltd.
1902 Powhatan Chesapeake & Ohio
1910 Powhatan Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
1912 Senju Maru Tatsuuma Shokai Goshi Kaisha

Fate

The Japanese steamer Senju Maru was torpedoed and sunk by U-33 (Konrad Gansen), in the Mediterannean on November 19th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Vladivostock with a cargo of railway materials. She had sailed from Oran on November 14th, bound for Port Said and the Suez Canal. All 30 crew were lost.

 

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