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City of Bath

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1926 City of Bath Ellerman Lines Ltd.

Fate

The steamship City of Bath was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-508 (Georg Staats), off Venezuela, on December 2nd, 1942. The ship was on a voyage from Mombasa to the UK, with a cargo of copper, magnesite, chrome ore and general cargo. Master Thomas Victor Berkett.

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