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John Coverdale

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 John Coverdale R.H. Coverdale
1906 John Coverdale Coverdale & Son
1911 Kassanga Maclay & McIntyre

Fate

The British defensively armed steamship Kassanga was torpedoed and sunk by submarine U-103 (Claus Rucker), in Cardigan Bay, on March 20th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Glasgow to an un-named destination with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

 

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