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Built in Scotland and owned by the Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Company the 415' long cargo ship Pascal was torpedoed and sunk by SMS U-70 about 16 miles from Alderney Island. She was heading from Halifax to Cherbourg when the torpedo struck on Dec. 17, 1916. The seventh victim of the U-70, but the twenty eighth ship sunk by
Kapitänleutnant
Otto Wünsche. He took the master prisoner and left the scene. Two of the crew were lost in the sinking.
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Roll of Honour |
In memory of those who lost their lives in Pascal "As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us" |
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Bennett, Joseph |
Boatswain |
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Boulton, H. D. |
2nd Mate |
2006 Daily Event |
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