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Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Hawnby | Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd. |
On a voyage from the Tyne for Genoa with a cargo of coal & a total compliment of 39 Hawnby struck a mine & sank off the Thames Estuary on 20 April 1940. Crew were rescued by MTB 4.
Ropner Shipping Co. Ltd.Founded in 1874 by Robert Ropner, the company owned, managed & built ships.
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