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Kepwickhall

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1932 Kepwickhall West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company Limited
1938 Stanhall Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk north-west of Brest on May 30th, 1940 by U-101 (Fritz Frauenheim). The ship was on a voyage from Townsville, Australia to London with a cargo of sugar and onions. Master William Ewart Herbert. One crewman was lost.

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