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City of Oran

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1915 City of Oran W.S. Workman

Fate

In convoy CB-1 on a voyage from Durban for Mombassa & Colombo with 8,005 tons of coal & a crew of 96 City of Oran was torpedoed by German submarine U-196 (Eitel Friedrich Kentrat) off Mozambique in 13.54S/41.16E on 2 August 1843 & scuttled by escort HMS Masterful on 3 August 1843. Master Frederick William Letton.


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