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Kethailes

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1903 Kethailes William Johnston
1914 HMS Kethailes Royal Navy

Fate

The hired yacht HMS Kethailes sank near the Blackwater Light Vessel in the southern Irish Sea, following a collision with the Bibby Line steamship Leicestershire, on October 11th, 1917. Seventeen of the crew were lost, including Acting Temporary Lieutenant George Clark of West Hartlepool. 

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