Daily Event for July 5


July 5, 1921 the cargo ship Huntsman was launched at Charles Connell & Co. in Scotstoun, Scotland. She was the second so named ship built for T & J Harrison, and like the first Huntsman, she was also a war loss. On Oct. 10, 1939 the Huntsman became the hunted, she was captured by the Admiral Graf Spee and later scuttled.
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