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Harlyn

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1915 Harlyn Harrison's (London) Ltd.

Fate

Sank 4 miles south-west of the Shipwash Light vessel, Harwich, on December 9th, 1916, after striking a mine laid by the German submarine UC-11 (Benno von Ditfurth) the day before. The ship was on a voyage from Newcastle to London with a cargo of coal. Two of Harlyn's crew were lost and a further seven crew who had been picked up from the London steamer Hartlington when she was sunk earlier that day.

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