Difference between revisions of "SS Gasconia"
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On 16 November 1917, on a voyage from Barry to Malta with a cargo of coal and stores, the Gasconia was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-63 under the command of Otto Schultze while 20 kilometers north east of Cape Shershel. Three men lost their lives. | On 16 November 1917, on a voyage from Barry to Malta with a cargo of coal and stores, the Gasconia was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-63 under the command of Otto Schultze while 20 kilometers north east of Cape Shershel. Three men lost their lives. | ||
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Originally built for Houlder Bros & Co. Ltd, London she was sold in 1916 to Walford L. & CO who owned her at teh time she was sunk.
On 16 November 1917, on a voyage from Barry to Malta with a cargo of coal and stores, the Gasconia was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-63 under the command of Otto Schultze while 20 kilometers north east of Cape Shershel. Three men lost their lives.