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Baluchistan

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1895 Baluchistan F.C. Strick & Co.
1900 Tom Astigarraga Sons

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) off Bordeaux, on April 14th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore. 17 lives were lost. Master Z. Arana.

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