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Umbilo

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1890 Umbilo Bullard, King & Co. Ltd.
1909 Castilian Ellerman Lines Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-61 (Victor Dieckmann), 110 miles of the north of Ireland, on April 18th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa with general cargo. Master H. Gomes. Ten lives were lost.

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