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Firby

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1895 Firby Coverdale & Son
1909 Antonio Uribe & Eguiraun
1916 Voss C. Traae

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Voss was captured and sunk by the German submarine UC-69 (Erwin Wabner), 1.5 miles off Vaca de Luanco in the Bay of Biscay, on May 6th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Penarth to Messina with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master B.M. Larsen.

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