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On September 16, 1918, she was sailing unescorted from Bilbao, Spain, to Ayr, Scotland, when she was torpedoed without warning at 10:25 p.m. by UB-117 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Trevose Head, England, position 50°25'N/05°16'W. Of her crew, 25 seafarers, including the captain, lost their lives. The sole survivor was rescued, position 50°25'10''N/05°15'59''W.
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Chief Engineer Charles Rolli Bydder
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 16 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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