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Helena

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1921 Helena A.C. Lensen
1931 Helena Larsen Craig, Taylor & Co.
1935 Roseburn Smith, Hogg & Co.

Fate

Bound from St John for the Tyne with a cargo of pit-props & a crew of 30 Roseburn was attacked by German E-boats five miles off Dungeness on 19 June 1940. She was beached where she became a wreck.