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Re: Records of Torpedoed Ships
Posted by: freddy01 ()
Date: March 18, 2019 03:34PM

Hello,

Ss PONTIAC (1), 1,698/1879, Atlantic & Eastern SS Co (J. Glynn & Son) –Liverpool. Defensively-armed, sailing Liverpool for Genoa with general cargo.
Torpedoed without warning 21 April 1917, and sunk by submarine by U.53 (Hans Rose), 56 miles SW 1/2 S of Fastnet (Pos approx. 50°31 N-10°09 W). 2 lives lost

There was a other Ss PONTIAC torpedoed in Central Mediterranean :
Ss PONTIAC (2), 3,345/1903, Pontiac SS Co (J.W. Carmichael & Co) –Glasgow. Armed, sailing Karachi for Italy with barley, maize and peas. Torpedoed without warning, 28 April 1917, by UC.74 (Wilhelm Marschall) and sank 70 miles off Marsa Susa, Libya (34°04’ 30 N – 22° 06 E); one crew lost; master, chief engineer and 2 gunners taken prisoner.
Sources : [uboat.net]
[www.naval-history.net]

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Re: Records of Torpedoed Ships freddy01 03/18/2019 03:34PM
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Re: Records of Torpedoed Ships wightspirit 03/19/2019 10:41AM
Re: Records of Torpedoed Ships Michael Lowrey 03/19/2019 03:56PM
Re: Records of Torpedoed Ships jjam 03/19/2019 07:54PM
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