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Greenbank

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1904 Greenbank Horsley Line Ltd.
1915 Greenbank Harland & Co.

Fate

On a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal Greenbank was torpedoed by German submarine (U-33 Gustav Sieb) & sank 12 miles north of Cape Falcon, Algeria in 36.00N/00.50W on 3 June 1917. One life lost.

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