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CLIFFORD SS was a British Steam Coaster of 359 tons built in 1904 by Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow, Yard No 305 for Mann, Macneal & Co., Glasgow as the CLIFFORD SS. In 1912 she was purchased by Ford Shipping Co (Mann, Macneal) and in 1915 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Fleet Messenger Ship. On the 16th May 1916 she was shelled and sunk by German submarine U-38 SE of Crete (Greece).
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References
- Fleet messenger Clifford – 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/1355.html (accessed 26.4.21).
- WRECKSITE – CLIFFORD CARGO SHIP 1904-1916 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?57984 (accessed 26.4.21).
