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Wearside

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 Wearside J.& E. Kish
1915 Wearside Scott & Co.
1917 Wearside Hessler Shipping Co. Ltd.

Fate

On a voyage from the Tyne for Genoa with a cargo of coal Wearside struck a mine laid by German submarine (UC-11 Karl Dobberstein) & sank at the Thames mouth 3 miles W by S of Sunk Light vessel on 25 October 1917. Master N. Bradley.

 

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