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Mancunia

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1898 Mancunia Manchester & Salford S.S. Co. Ltd.
1916 Seatonia Seatonia S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

Captured and sunk by the German submarine U-49, off south-west Ireland, on November 1st, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Musgrave Town (Newfoundland), to Barry with a cargo of pitprops. No lives were lost, but the Mancunia's Master, Captain A. Pattison, was taken prisoner aboard the U-boat.

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