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Runswick

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1904 Runswick London & Northern Steamship Co. Ltd.
1917 Runswick St. Just Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Runswick was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-109 (Kurt Ramien), off Trevose Head, Cornwall, on April 18th, 1918. The ship had sailed from Newport with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

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