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Rothesay

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1891 Rothesay J. Cory & Sons

Fate

Captured and torpedoed by the German submarine U-32 (Kurt Hartwig), 30 miles south-west of the Bishop Rock, on March 5th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Seville to Troon with a cargo of iron ore. No lives were lost.

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