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Rossano

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1909 Rossano Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
1913 Rossano Gulf Lines Ltd.
1921 Possidon Nikitas P. Roussos & Co.
1929 Possidon Mme. Marie & Kyriakos E. Venizelos
1935 Possidon G.N. Pittas Bros. & Co.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by U-47 (Gunther Prien) off the west coast of Scotland on September 8th, 1940. The ship was on a voyage from New Orleans to Glasgow with a cargo of super-phosphate. 17 lives were lost.

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