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Beta

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 Beta B.J. van Hengel
1912 Wytegra Russia Rhederei
1915 Monnikendam B.J. van Hengel
1916 Hitteroy Kluver & Co.

Fate

Captured and sunk by the German submarine UB-29 south of the Scilly Isles on December 2nd, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Glasgow to Civitavecchia with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

 

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