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CLACTON SS was a British steam passenger ship of 820grt built in 1905 by Earle Shipbuilding, Hull, England for Great Eastern Railway Co., Harwich, England. She was requisitioned by the British Royal Navy as an Auxillary Minesweeper. On the 3rd August 1916 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-73 at Chai Aghizi, Kavalla Bay, Aegean Sea (Greece).
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 525
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Auxiliary minesweeper Clacton – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/1314.html (accessed 26.7.21).
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WRECKSITE – CLACTON MINESWEEPER (EX-PASSENGER SHIP) 1905-1916 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58410 (accessed 26.7.21).
