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Shirley

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 Shirley Mitre Shipping Co. Ltd.
1913 Reapwell Reapwell S.S. Co. Ltd.
1915 Reapwell Maritime Investments Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann) in the Meditaerranean, on November 27th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with coal and general cargo. No lives were lost. Master J.E. Williams.

 

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