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Chatfield

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1891 Chatfield F. Wood
1912 Famiglia P. Viale
1915 Famiglia Federazione Italiana dei Consortzi Agrari

Fate

Captured by German submarine (U-43 Hellmuth Jurst) on 13 January 1917 when SW of Ireland On a voyage from the Tyne for Civitavecchia, prize crew were put on board but they scuttled her west of the Hebrides on 9 February 1917 to avoid re-capture by HMS Moldavia.

 

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