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Harperley

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1930 Harperley National Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

Fate

In convoy ONS-5 on a voyage from Newport for Milford Haven & Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal & mail & a total complement of 49 Harperley was torpedoed by German submarine U-264 (Hartwig Looks) & sank about 500 miles south of Cape Farewell on 5 May 1943. Survivors were picked up by HMS Northern Spray. Master Joseph Ernest Turgoose. 10 hands were lost.

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