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Goldsbro

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1887 Goldsbro West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company Limited
1906 Uriarte No.5 Uriarte
1916 Begona No.2 J.M. Urquijo
1916 Patricio M.P. Ferrer
1918 Mercedes R.O. Artinano
1898 Goldsbro Smith Brothers & Co.

Fate

The Spanish steamship Mercedes was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-91 (Alfred von Glasenapp), off San Sebastian, on October 4th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff (probably with a cargo of iron ore). No lives were lost.

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