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Peareth

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 Peareth Beckingham & Co.
1906 Alexander Wentzel Northern S.S. Co.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-38 (Max Valentiner), 20 miles north of Cape Bon, Tunisia, on February 29th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from La Goulette to West Hartlepool with a cargo of iron ore.

 

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