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Mereddio

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1885 Mereddio Marshall, Dodson & Co.
1888 Mereddio D. Marshall
1891 Mereddio S.S. Mereddio Co. Ltd.
1902 Mereddio Rederi AB Sirius
1914 Mereddio Rederi AB Polaris

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-34 (Theodoe Schultz), in the North Sea, on December 18th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Norrsundet, Sweden, to Boulogne with a cargo of timber. No lives were lost. Master P.R. Holm.

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