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Missing ship Bowling
Posted by: James Binnie ()
Date: December 29, 2007 05:22PM

Hi Listers,

Can anyone tell me if the following ship has ever been listed as having been sunk by a german submarine."Bowling Off.No.129523 Tonnage 793 gross. 344 nett.
Dimensions 199.0 x 30.1 x 11.2
Engine T.3-cyl. By Ross & Duncan, 150 hp. 10 kts

10.1910: Completed by J.Fullerton & Co. Paisley for Clydeside Steamship Company. Ltd. Glasgow as Clydemohr.
10.1913: Sold to Rankine Line Ltd. Glasgow and renamed Bowling.
9.1914: Requisitioned by Admiralty as an ammunition carrier and stationed in Scapa Flow.
2.1919: Reverted to commercial service.
1.1920: Taken over by George Gibson & Co.Ltd.
20.11.39: Missing in North Sea, presumably sunk by enemy action, having sailed from Leith the previous day for Antwerp with a general cargo.

Many thanks in advance

Jim

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Missing ship Bowling James Binnie 12/29/2007 05:22PM
Re: Missing ship Bowling Rainer 12/29/2007 05:59PM
Re: Missing ship Bowling Jim Binnie 12/30/2007 05:05PM
Re: Missing ship Bowling paul tjader 12/31/2007 10:57AM
Re: Missing ship Bowling Ron Young 12/31/2007 12:10PM
Re: Missing ship Bowling kevin 09/13/2009 04:42PM
Re: Missing ship Bowling Rainer 09/27/2009 09:06AM
Re: Missing ship Bowling Jim Binnie 12/31/2007 05:22PM


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