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Arkleside

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NameArkleside
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1.567 tons
Completed1924 - Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd, Hylton, Sunderland 
OwnerSmith, Hogg & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool 
HomeportWest Hartlepool 
Date of attack16 Sep, 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-33 (Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky)
Position48.00N, 09.30W - Grid BF 4156
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Complement? men (0 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy 
RouteTyne - Gibraltar 
Cargo2500 tons of coal and coke 
History  
Notes on loss At 07.00 hours on 16 Sep, 1939, the unescorted Arkleside (Master Robert William Edmondson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-33 150 miles southwest of Lands End. The crew was rescued by two French fishing smacks and landed at Concarneau, 60 miles south of Ushant. 


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