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Erato

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1883 Erato Gladstone & Cornforth
1896 Annie Zerssen & Co.
1909 Skagerak AS Excelsior

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Skagerak was involved in a collision on December 15th, 1917, and sank off Grimsby four days later, on December 19th. The ship had been on a voyage from Bilbao to the Tees with a cargo of iron ore and a crew of 16. Five lives were lost. Master J. Stray.

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