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Royal Transport

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1913 Royal Transport Empire Transport Co. Ltd.
1929 Johann Wessels Atlas Reederei AG.

Fate

Bombed and sunk by aircraft north-west of Juist, off the Dutch-German coast, on September 17th, 1941.

On voyage from Rotterdam to Stettin, with cargo of coal & coke.