Torvore
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was a cargo steamer built by Edward Withy & Company in
Sunderland, and was launched in 1882 for the British
company Steel, Young & Company in London. She was sold
in 1900 to Gordon Steam Company, followed by another sale
to the Norwegian company Fredavore AS in 1910 who renamed
her Torvore. Under a journey from Swansea to Naples loaded
with coal, she was stopped by the German uboat U-35
under command of Kapitänleutnant
Lothar Von Arnauld de la Perière outside Algarve 24.
April 1917. After a quick inspection the crew was
ordered to abandoned ship and she was sunk by
explosives. The battered wreck rest today on her keel on
a depth of 25 to 32 meter about two nautical miles
southeast of Sagres . Also see the wreck of the cargo steamer Wilhelm Krag, also
sunk by U-35.
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