EMS Tamriel
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She was sunk on the 8th May 1916 during the The Battle of Shelby by German U-Boat SM-23. The Seven tank engines she was carrying to the western front also sunk with the wreck. She is designated a war cemetary and (along with her cargo) can still be seen at the bottom of the Shelby Strait.
List of casualties and losses of the EMS Tamriel
List of casualties and losses of the EMS Tamriel
Former Names:
SS Victory
SS Ulfric
Port of Registry:
Tarnmouth (1887 - 1901)
Liverpool (UK, 1901 - 1912)
Hamburg (Ger, 1912)
Boston (USA, 1912 - 1915)
Knightsbury (1915 - 1916)
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