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Ikala

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1905 Ikala J.H. Welsford & Co.
1906 Coaling Elder Dempster Lines Ltd.
1911 Ethiope Elder Line Ltd.

Fate

Torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-41 (Claus Hansen) in the English Channel May 28th, 1915. The ship was on a voyage from Hull and London to Calabar, Nigeria, with general cargo. No lives were lost.

 

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