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Nirpura

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1916 Nirpura British India S.N. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Nirpura was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155 (Erich Eckelmann), off Lisbon, on April 16th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Bomaby to London with a cargo of peas and lentils. Master R.A. Milne.

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