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Lincolnshire

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1891 Lincolnshire M. Wigram & Sons
1893 Silverton D. Cairns

Fate

Captured and sunk by topredo by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann), 14 miles north-east of the Cannae Rocks, Tunisia, on 13th July, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Alexandria with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master S.E. Clark.

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