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Elloe

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1906 Elloe Bennetts & Co.
1912 Isle of Jura Isles Steam Shg. Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Isle of Jura was sunk by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann), 15 miles off Cape Spartel, Morocco, on June 8th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Savona with a cargo of coal and munitions. Two lives were lost.

 Tobias Harmansen and Gustaf Karlsen.

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