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Brisbane River

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1914 Brisbane River British Empire S.N. Co. Ltd.

Fate

Captured and sunk by the German submarine U-35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere) off the south-west coast of Spain on April 17th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Malta to Baltimore, in ballast. No lives were lost. The Master, J.M. Pearson was taken prisoner.

 

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