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Herman Wedel Jarlsberg

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1890 Herman Wedel Jarlsberg J. Christensen
1915 Solvang B. Hanssen

Fate

Sunk by the German submarine U-59 ( Wilhelm Freiherr von Fircks) off the north-west coast of Spain, on January 13th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Almeria to Barrow with a cargo of iron ore. No lives were lost.

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