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Rangatira

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1890 Rangatira Shaw Savill and Albion Co. Ltd.
1910 Graf Muraviev J.M. Erikson
1911 Brodmore Blue Star Line

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat UB-43 (von Mellenthin), 70 miles NW by N off Marsa Susa, Libya, on February 27th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Majunga, Madagascar, to the UK with a cargo of frozen meat. No lives were lost. The Master was taken prisoner.

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