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Cynthiana

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Cynthiana Gladstone & Co.
1906 Cynthiana British Maritime Trust Ltd.
1909 Cynthiana Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.
1914 Egret West Russian S.S. Co.

Fate

Sank after striking a mine laid by UC-26 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow) off the Lincolnshire coast, on 28th, January, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Archangel to London with a cargo of timber.

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