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Manchester Port

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1903 Manchester Port Manchester Liners Ltd.
1920 Manchester Port Manchester Ocean Services
1925 Vogesen H. Vogemann

Fate

Struck a mine laid by submarine (HMS Seal-RP Lonsdale) across the German transport route to Norway & sank off Vinga lighthouse in the Kattegat on 6 May 1940.