SS Torrington was a British cargo steamship that was built in England in 1905, owned and registered in Wales, and sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. She was a turret deck ship: an unusual hull design that was developed by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland in the 1890s.
In April 1917 U-55 sank Torrington in the Celtic Sea southwest of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew survived the sinking, but U-55's commander Wilhelm Werner murdered many of them by drowning. Werner evaded prosecution, later became a senior officer in the SS, and died just after the Second World War.
SSTorrington was a British cargo steamship that was built in England in 1905, owned and registered in Wales, and sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. She...
four ships of the Royal Navy SSTorrington, British collier built in 1905, sunk by German submarine in April 1917 Torrington, a sailing brig built in 1847...
Western Approaches, 150 miles south-west of Scilly SSTorrington 0,000,034 34 After torpedoing Torrington, U-55s commander took the crew on deck and sank...
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murdered 20 members of the crew of the British cargo ship Torrington. U-55 had struck Torrington with a torpedo and her crew had surrendered. Werner took...
SS Donegal was a Midland Railway passenger ferry that served in the First World War as an ambulance ship. She was completed in 1904 and sunk by enemy action...
Star's flagship, similar in appearance to the fellow liners SS Samland, SS Gothland and SS Poland, but far larger. She was a half sister to White Star...
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Thetford, an earthwork fortification in Thetford, Norfolk Castle Hill, Torrington, Iron Age earthworks and hill fort in Devon Castle Hill, Winchester, Council...
St Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth, Sidford, Sidbury, South Molton, Tiverton, Torrington, Umberleigh, Winkleigh and Woolacombe), plus the northernmost part of...
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replica of the ship was burnt in Great Torrington in Devon on 28 August 2021, a year later than originally planned. The SS Ruslan, a ship of the Third Aliyah...
SS Maplewood was a British cargo steamship. She was launched on the River Tees in 1915. A U-boat sank her in the Mediterranean in 1917. In 1912 Joseph...
and VF Commodore/Chevrolet SS. The Holden VF Commodore was exported from Australia to the United States as the Chevrolet SS until Holden ended production...
org.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2018. "The Benefice of Torrington, Great (St Michael), Little Torrington and Frithelstock". www.crockford.org.uk. Retrieved...
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