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with a torpedo that failed to explode. At 2035 he hit her with a second torpedo, which detonated.
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398:had a pair of three-cylinder
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527:. At 2032 hrs Schultze hit
402:and a pair of low pressure
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79:Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd
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835:Port Arrivals/Departures
587:Approximate position of
418:Final voyage and sinking
226:tonnage under deck 6,320
299:17 knots (31 km/h)
284:; low pressure exhaust
253:63.0 feet (19.2 m)
194:General characteristics
1240:Ships of the Clan Line
505:German submarine
261:29.9 feet (9.1 m)
454:was Francis Stenson.
408:J.G. Kincaid & Co
777:. Guðmundur Helgason
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110:Yard number
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1214:Categories
1032:Binnendijk
1001:Shipwrecks
871:. London:
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619:References
519:, sighted
486:Suez Canal
432:Chittagong
378:steamships
277:Propulsion
1145:Iron Duke
1143:HMS
1075:Royal Oak
1073:HMS
1048:Mount Ida
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875:. 1945–46
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498:Liverpool
494:Gibraltar
490:Port Said
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368:Clan Line
341:torpedoed
209:steamship
140:Call sign
126:Completed
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1022:Mahratta
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556:MV
544:Kirkwall
537:MV
533:Chisholm
529:Chisholm
521:Chisholm
458:Chisholm
448:pig iron
424:Chisholm
396:Chisholm
386:Greenock
359:Building
353:Scotland
324:device;
118:Launched
104:Greenock
81:, London
75:Operator
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1045:9 Oct:
1029:8 Oct:
1019:6 Oct:
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938:45°15′N
470:Colombo
440:Glasgow
390:Glasgow
373:Cameron
288:; twin
215:Tonnage
204:Cameron
96:Builder
90:Glasgow
30:History
1155:Gloria
1112:Mikawe
941:15°5′W
474:Ceylon
452:Master
436:Madras
375:-class
269:1,043
239:Length
206:-class
179:165915
69:London
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296:Speed
290:screw
258:Depth
61:Owner
1184:1940
1176:1939
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1101:U-16
1081:U-45
1064:U-42
1058:U-40
1038:U-12
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507:U-48
482:Suez
478:Aden
444:jute
304:Crew
280:2 ×
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186:Fate
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129:1937
51:Name
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