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City of Truro

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1883 City of Truro Cornwall S.S. Co. Ltd.
1897 Aldebaran Rederi AB Astrea

Fate

The Swedish steamship Aldebaran was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-112, 7 miles off Wolf Rock, Cornwall, on September 27th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Marbella to Ayr with a cargo of iron ore. All 19 hands were lost.

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