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Elmdene

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1939 Elmdene Elmdene Shipping Co. Ltd.
1940 Elmdene Dene Shipping Company

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schutze) off West Africa on June 8th, 1941. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Alexandria with coal, naval stores and aircraft. Master Ernest Fear.