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History
Name HMT Kingstonian
Builder/Built 1901 Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Ltd, Newcastle
Type Steamer
Displacement 6,564 tons


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Operated by F Leyland & Co of Liverpool. Torpedoed by U-Boat UB68 on 11 Apr 1918 west of Sardinia in the Mediterranean, with the loss of 1 crew member. She was towed into Carloforte Bay on the southern end of Sardinia where repairs were undertaken. However, on 29 Apr 1918 U-Boat UB48 fired another torpedo at her causing her to be a total loss.

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