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Jabiru

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1899 Jabiru Cork S.S. Co.
1911 Tervoe Limerick S.S. Co.
1916 Galicia J. Hall Jr. & Co.

Fate

The steamship Galicia was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-70, 140 miles south-west of Fasnet, on June 10th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Malaga to London with general cargo.

Four of the crew were lost including Hartlepool-born Robert Powell.

The other crewmen who lost their lives were: Fleming, James; Korosky, Joseph; Massiah, Joseph William.

 

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