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was hit in her saloon amidships, twice in her port quarter and then in her stokehold and engine room, bursting her main steam pipe. All her crew survived the attack, abandoned ship, and rowed away. From their lifeboat they saw the U-boat come alongside her and assumed a German boarding party went
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still afloat and took her in tow. However, before she could reach safety she sank about half a mile south of the Whitby Rock buoy.
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suffered an explosion amidships, which her crew assumed was caused by charges planted by the Germans to
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German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net
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built her in 1889 for the Westoll Line, also of Sunderland. Her
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and two boilers were built by Thomas Richardson and Son of
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Magnus Mail (1858–1916), a friend of James Westoll.
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Ritratto della steam ship Magnus Mail in navigazione
104:James Westoll (majority shareholder) (1889–1916); 1537: 378:ports to the United Kingdom. In February 1908 1576:Ships sunk by German submarines in World War I 569:Allen, Tony; Lettens, Jan (10 February 2011). 325: 1205:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1917 1190: 720: 92:"lanthorn", an alternative name for a lantern 568: 564: 562: 560: 558: 556: 554: 552: 550: 548: 546: 463:Vessels from Whitby rescued the crew, found 625: 623: 544: 542: 540: 538: 536: 534: 532: 530: 528: 526: 498: 496: 494: 492: 490: 488: 486: 484: 482: 480: 390:With the Gas Light and Coke Company 1916–17 374:to Italy and Egypt and imported grain from 370:rig. Westoll Line ships exported coal and 1197: 1183: 727: 713: 420:Stephenson Clarke and Associated Companies 735:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1908 620: 523: 477: 1581:World War I shipwrecks in the North Sea 656: 596: 594: 592: 418:and placed her under the management of 1538: 505:"Page 055 The Shipbuilders – page 021" 1178: 708: 46: 600: 589: 1556:Sailing ships of the United Kingdom 241:39 ft 1 in (11.91 m) 13: 629: 502: 256:21 ft 7 in (6.58 m) 14: 1592: 1561:Steamships of the United Kingdom 1521: 1516: 1504: 1496: 1160: 1155: 603:"Ships hit during WWI: Lanthorn" 48: 24: 435:shelled her from astern in the 659:All About Ships & Shipping 650: 1: 1551:Ships built on the River Wear 571:"SS Lanthorn [+1917]" 470: 335:triple expansion steam engine 270:triple expansion steam engine 355:steamers to be built with a 331:Short Brothers of Sunderland 139:Short Brothers of Sunderland 7: 406:in 1916 to carry coal from 326:With Westoll Line 1889–1916 10: 1597: 1571:Maritime incidents in 1917 1566:Maritime incidents in 1908 657:Harnack, Edwin P (1938) . 425:On 21 May 1917 the German 414:. The GLCC renamed her SS 396:Gas Light and Coke Company 108:Gas Light and Coke Company 1491: 1458: 1210: 1150: 967:February (unknown date): 949: 740: 233:290 ft (88.4 m) 203: 122:Westoll Line (1889–1916); 41: 23: 1127:October (unknown date): 885:October (unknown date): 661:(7th ed.). London: 665:. pp. 20 & 23. 341:. 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Antonio Luzzo
United Kingdom
Gas Light and Coke Company
Stephenson Clarke
Short Brothers of Sunderland
Official Number
Cargo ship
GRT
NHP
triple expansion steam engine
schooner
cargo ship
steamship
sailing ship
Short Brothers of Sunderland
triple expansion steam engine
Hartlepool
Captain
tramp
clipper
stem
Antonio Luzzo
schooner
patent fuel
Black Sea
Garston
Gas Light and Coke Company
Westminster
North East England

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