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Trocas, built by James Laing, Sunderland in 1893 and owned at the time of her loss by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London, was a British tanker of 4129 tons. On January 19th, 1918, Trocas, on a voyage from Abadan (Iran) to Salonica (Greece) with a cargo of oil, was sunk by the German submarine UC-23 (Hans Georg Lübbe), 10 miles northeast of Skyro (Greece) lighthouse in the Agean Sea. 24 persons were lost.
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References
- Dounis Ch. Shipwrecks in the Greek Seas. 1900-1950 (vol. A). Athens: Finatec, 2000, p. 578
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Tanker Trocas – 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/6127.html (accessed 27.12.21).
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WRECKSITE – TROCAS TANKER 1893-1918 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?98902 (accessed 27.12.21).
