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Nascent

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1914 Nascent James Westoll

Fate

The steamship Nascent was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-49, 27 miles south of Bishop Rock, on August 25th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Tegal, Java, to Hull with a general cargo.

Six crew were lost including Carl Ludwig Thulin of West Hartlepool.

The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Adramitrianos; Bow, William; Dimitriades, Marcus; Edwards, Hywel Oscar; Thomson, Thomas.

 

 

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