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Martin

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1894 Martin Leask Clark & Co.
1909 Martin Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.

Fate

Sunk by gunfire from the German submarine UC-18 (Wilhelm Kiel), off Ushant, on January 14th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Bayonne to Barry with a cargo of pit-props. No lives were lost. Master John White.

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