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Castleventry

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1891 Castleventry Sivewright Bacon & Co.
1913 Ikoma Maru J. Nakamura
1917 Ikoma Maru Taisho Kisen KK

Fate

The Japanese steamship Ikoma Maru was sunk by the German submarine U-35, 30 miles off Cape Cantin, Morocco, on October 20th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Marseilles to New York. No lives were lost.

 

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