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War Torrent

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1918 War Torrent The Shipping Controller
1919 Cosmos Don Watkin J. Williams
1920 Torrent Watkin J. Williams
1922 Eastway St. Mary S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

sailed from Lourenco Marques on 15 March on a voyage from Delagoa Bay for Djibouti with a cargo of coal. A muffled wireless message was picked up saying that the vessel was sinking. She was wrecked on Danae Reef, Lourenco Marques on 15 March 1923. Tugs picked up the survivors. Two crew members were lost.