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Anglesea
was a cargo steamer built by William Gray & Company
in West Hartlepool, and was launched in 1917 for
Cardigan Steamship Company in Cardiff. She changed
owners and names a couple of times before she sailed as
Thomas Walton for Coronation Steamship Company from
1932. Under a journey from Narvik to Talbot loaded with
iron, she was torpedoed by the German uboat U-38 under
command of Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Liebe 7.
December 1939 outside Lofoten. She broke in two
and went down in
the deep west of Engelvær and southwest of Engeløy.
Thirteen men of her crew lost their lives in the
sinking. The wreck
rest today on a depth of 350 meter.
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Thomas
Walton
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Anglesea, Portgwarra
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115,9 x 15,9 x 7,9 m
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West Hartlepool ( UK )
1917 |
Newcastle ( UK ) |
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