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Abonema

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1907 Abonema Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.
1908 Abonema British and African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
1920 Sapele British and African Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.
1929 San Jorge Weigel, Bohen & Cia Ltda SA Commercial
1931 San Jorge Delgado & Cia
1941 Sirio Cia Argentina de Nav Mihanovich Ltda
1934 Santa Catharina Cia Argentina de Nav Mihanovich Ltda
1941 Kitty's Brook Bowaters Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd.

Fate

The steamship Kitty's Brook was torpedoed and sunk by U-588 off the coast of Nova Scotia, on 9th May, 1942. The ship was on a voyage from New York to the American Naval Base at Argentia, Newfoundland, with a cargo of Government stores. Nine crew were lost. Master - Jack Rowland Moreby.

Lives lost: Anderson, EL, ordinary seaman; Anderson, William Henry, able seaman, 22; Carter, George W, able seaman, 29; Crocker, George Charles, 3rd engineer officer, 41; Osmond, William, fireman; White, Herbert William, fireman, 27; Whiteway, John, donkeyman; Woods, Ignatius, assistant steward; (All from Canada) West, William James, chief officer, 34, Plumstead, London.

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