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Madeline

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1894 Madeline Pyman, Bell & Co.

Fate

The British steamship Madeline was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-55, 14 miles east-north-east of Pendeen Lighthouse on March 8th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from Dieppe to Swansea in ballast. Three crew were lost.

Manley, Jas, fireman, 24, b. Sierra Leone; Margues, Jaquin, fireman, 27, b. Portugal; Wall, William, lance corporal.

 

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