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Lewisham

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1898 Lewisham Watts Watts & Co.

Fate

The British steamship Lewisham was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-46 (Leo Hillebrand), off the west coast of Ireland, on May 17th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from New York to Le Havre with a cargo of wheat. Twenty-four crew were lost.

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