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Merjulio

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1884 Merjulio Marshall, Dodson & Co.
1888 Merjulio Dodson & Craig
1889 Merjulio Dodson & Co.
1890 Merjulio Dunedin S.S. Co. Ltd.
1899 Arthur Rederi AB Lizzie
1906 Arthur Rederi AB Vind

Fate

Captured and sunk by the German submarine U-75 (Curt Bietzen), 6 miles south-east of the Skaw Light Vessel, on November 23rd, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Leith to Gothenburg with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

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