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Gisella Groedel

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1904 Gisella Groedel Groedel Bros. S.S. Co. Ltd.
1915 Gisella Groedel Bros. S.S. Co. Ltd.
1916 Gisella SS Mary Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Gisella was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-77 (Reinhard von Rabenau) off Skokholm Island, Wales, on November 18th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to an un-named destination with a cargo of coal. Two crewmen were lost. Master J.T. Muir.

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