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Asta

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1906 Asta Egypt & Levant S.S. Co. Ltd.
1906 Antiope Egypt & Levant S.S. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Antiope was sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-35 (Luther von Arnaud de la Periere), north-east of Barcelona, on August 9th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Marseilles to Rosario in ballast. No lives were lost.

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