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RE: Sinking of the SS BLACK POINT
Posted by: joe brandt ()
Date: June 09, 2001 01:11PM

<HTML>The BLACK POINT was a 396 foot long coal collier built in 1918. At the time of her sinking she was carrying 7,000 tons of coal and armed with one 5 inch gun at her stern . She was sunk by the U-853 and her torpedo blew off 40 to 50 feet of her stern and killing 12 men .</HTML>

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Sinking of the SS BLACK POINT J. NELSON 06/09/2001 01:01PM
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