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City of Corinth

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1917 City of Corinth Ellerman Lines Ltd.

Fate

On a voyage from Calcutta for Capetown & Pernambuco with a general cargo & a crew of 87 City of Corinth was torpedoed by German submarine U-508 (Georg Staats) & sank between Pernambuco & Trinidad on 17 November 1942. Sources state 11 lives lost but CWGC lists 12 names. Master George Johnston Law.

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