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Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Sandown British Maritime Trust Ltd.
1910 Sandown Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
1911 Egyptiana Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Egyptiana was Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-70 (Otto Wunsche), 120 miles off the Scilly Isles, on June 9th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from London to halifax, Nova Scotia. No lives were lost.

 

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