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Vauxhall Bridge

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1901 Vauxhall Bridge Vauxhall Steamships Ltd.
1905 Vauxhall Bridge W. Gray & Co. Ltd.
1912 Gretaston Gretaston S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Gretaston was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-72 (Gerhard Schulz) off Bordeaux, on April 30th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain, to Garston with a cargo of copper ore. All 29 crew were lost. Master W. Niven.

 

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