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Unknown Ship – October 2016

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Coast Lines

The 919grt Gloucester Coast was built in 1913 by George Brown & Co. at Greenock as the Sir Walter Bacon for Powell, Bacon & Hough Lines. She became Gloucester Coast in 1913. In 1936 she joined Bristol Steam Navigation Co. as Alecto. On 2nd May 1937 she sank after colliding in fog with the 2,745grt Jugoslavian freighter Plavnik off the North Hinder Light Vessel. Moored next to her is the 672grt Dorset Coast which was built in 1908 by Harkess at Middlesbrough. In 1915 she was sold to T.C. Steven & Co. and renamed Arbonne. On 26th February 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by UB-2 in the mouth of the Thames with the loss of all hands. John B. Hill collection

A Great British Coastal Liner Empire Part I - 1913-1939

Colombo

This month's port of call is Colombo, Sri Lanka

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