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Newport News

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1907 Newport News Chesapeake & Ohio
1908 Newport News Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
1913 Ijzerhandel Scheepvaart Miji Glysen.
1915 Yzerhandel Scheepvaart Miji Glysen.
1916 Siberier Lloyd Royal Belge.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-86 (Friedrich Crusemann) off the south-west coast of Ireland, on April 5th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Gulfport to Calais with a cargo of timber. Master - E. Van de Valde.

 

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