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Serbury - a general history

Belfast News-Letter, Tuesday, October 30th, 1906:
WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER ASHORE. Lloyd’s agent telegraphs in reference the British steamer Serbury, Baltimore for Copenhagen, loaded with wheat, while being towed from Lerwick the tug’s hawser parted and the Serbury went ashore at Homborgsund in a bad position. The crew were saved in their own boats.
According the Mercantile Navy List, the Serbury is a steel steamer with a net tonnage of 2,469. She was built at Sunderland in 1905, and is owned in West Hartlepool.

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