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War Currant

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1919 War Currant British Government
1919 Leicester Anglo-European S.S. Coal & Pitwood Co.
1929 Rudchester Chesters S.S. Co.
1934 Heminge Constants Ltd.

Fate

The steamship Heminge was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic, by the German submarine U-37 (Victor Oehrn), on September 30th, 1940. The ship was on a voyage from the Tyne to Tenerife with a cargo of coal. One crewman was lost. Master Trevor Thomas.

 

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