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Penhale

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1911 Penhale Penhale S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Penhale was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-46 (Leo Hillebrand), off the west coast of Ireland, on May 18th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Jucaro, Cuba, to Queenstown with a cargo of sugar. One crewman was lost. Master J.H. Lowry.

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