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Northwaite

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Northwaite Raithwaite S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-61 (Victor Dieckmann) off south-west Ireland, on March 13th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Sfax to Dublin with a cargo of phosphates. No lives were lost.

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