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St. Andrews

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1906 St. Andrews St. Andrews (Cardiff) Ltd.

Fate

The steamship St. Andrews was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-38, 4 miles west of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy, on June 13th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Karachi to Marseilles with a cargo of grain.

3 crew were lost including West Hartlepool-born Fireman/Trimmer Thomas Kay, J. Hayes of Kinsale, and James Gow Morgan of Aberdare.

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