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Elantsobe

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1898 Elantsobe Ramon de la Sota
1917 Atxeri-Mendi Cia Naviera Sota & Aznar

Fate

The Spanish steamship Atxeri-Mendi was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-25 (Werner Vater), 4 miles south-east of the Tuskar Rock, on August 29th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Glasgow to Barcelona with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost. Master J. Bageneta.

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