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Dewdrop

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1882 Dewdrop Wood & Co.
1897 Mercia A.A. Thore
1916 Mercia Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd

Fate

The Swedish steamship Mercia was torpedoed by the German submarine (UB-86 Hans Trenk) in the North Sea, 85 nm E of Peterhead. All 18 hands were lost. The ship was on a voyage from Halmstad to Hull with a cargo of timber.

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