SS Aviemore - British Steam merchant
SS Aviemore - British Steam merchant - (1920) - built at Irvine's Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool - owner: Furness, Withy and Co Ltd, Liverpool - sunk by u-boat U-31 on 16th September, 1939. The master and 22 crew members were lost. Eleven crew members were picked up by HMS Warwick (D 25) (LtCdr M.A.G. Child, RN) and landed at Liverpool on 18 September. The first ship sunk by an U-boat during an attack on a convoy in the Second World War
Picture No
14119529
Media ID
47878366
Size
5172px x 3296px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Pharcide
Source
Postcard published by B. & A. Feilden, 38 Walmer Road, Southport, Lancs
Date
circa 1920s
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Aviemore Convoy Furness Hartlepool Middleton Sunk U-boat Withy
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