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Argentine Transport

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1911 Argentine Transport Empire Transport Co. Ltd.
1915 Parisiana Furness Withy & Co. Ltd.

Fate

The West Hartlepool-owned steamer Parisiana was torpedoed and sunk by U-19 (Raimund Weisbach), 82 miles west of Ushant on April 23rd, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from London to Newport News, with cargo of manure and Fuller's earth. No lives were lost.

 

 

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