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Estonia

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1903 Estonia AS DS Inga
1910 Kalo AS DS Atlantic
1912 Kalo AS DS Dannebrog
1917 Kalo British Government

Fate

The Danish steamship Kalo, operated by the British Government, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-107 (Eberhard von Prittwitz und Gaffron)off Flamborough Head on 13th June, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Newcastle to Pauillac with a cargo of coal.

Three crew were lost including one from the Hartlepools, James Mann.
The other crewmen who lost their lives were: James Leask and William Rutley.

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