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Glencoe

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1898 Glencoe Livingston, Conner & Co.
1916 Glencoe Bolivian General Enterprise Ltd.

Fate

On December 14th, 1916, when in company with the steamship Leca off Saint-Nazaire, France, both ships were attacked by the German submarine UC-18 (Wilhelm Kiel). Both crews safely abandoned ship. The Leca was eventually sunk by gunfire, however, a torpedo was required to sink the Glencoe. She had been on a voyage from Glasgow to Bordeaux with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

 

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