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War Bulldog

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1919 War Bulldog British Government
1919 Tregenna Hain S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by U-65 in the North Atlantic on 17th September, 1940. The ship was sailing in Convoy HX71, on a voyage from Philadelphia to Newport, Wales, with a cargo of 8,000 tons of steel. A total of 33 out of her crew of 37 were lost. Master William Thomas Care.

 

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