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Mars

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1907 Mars Cornhill S.S. Co. Ltd.
1913 Mars Century Shipping Co. Ltd.
1914 Mars Brantingham S.S. Co. Ltd.
1918 Mars Globe Shipping Co. Ltd.

Fate

The British steamship Mars was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-92 (Gunther Ehrlich) off southern Ireland on July 8th, 1918. The ship was on a voyage from New Yoirk to Le Havre with general cargo. No lives were lost.

 

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