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Garron Head

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1913 Garron Head Ulster Steam Ship Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Garron Head was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 (Claus Rucker) off Bayonne, France, on November 16th, 1917. The ship was on voyage from Bilbao to Barrow with a cargo of iron ore. Twenty-eight crew were lost. Master - E. Suffern.

 

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