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Westfield

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1901 Westfield Westfield S.S. Co. Ltd.
1903 Westfield Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Westfield was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-82 (Hans Adam) in the Western Approaches, on April 10th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Aguilas, Spain to Glasgow with a cargo of minerals. No lives were lost.

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