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Thurston

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1889 Thurston Murrell & Yeoman
1913 Felicia E. Lofgren
1915 Bras H. Hanssen

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Bras was captured and sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-25 (Otto Wunsche), 4 miles off Egero Lighthouse, Egersund, Norway, on August 19th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Goteborg to Blyth with a cargo of pit-props. No lives were lost.

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