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Balderton

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1896 Balderton Lucas & Co.
1899 Gorbea-Mendi Ramon de la Sota
1915 Pomone J. Stern

Fate

The French steamship Pomone was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-79 (Werner Lowe) off Gijon, Spain, on November 24th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Lisbon to Brest with a cargo of phosphates and wine. No lives were lost. Master Lelievre.

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