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Archbank

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Archbank Peareth S.S. Co. Ltd.
1918 Archbank Sutherland S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Archbank was torpedoed and sunk by UB-105 (Wilhelm Marschall), 240 miles off Malta on June 5th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Alexandria to Malta with naval stores.
One crewman was lost, Sunderland-born Fireman Herbert Reah.

 

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