Thornlea (SS)

Steamship in Ireland, dating from 1940

4,261-ton steamship sunk by submarine. Six members of crew killed by explosion. Two lifeboats with fourteen in one and seventeen in the other were safely launched. Seventeen landed in Canada after been adrfit for 36 hrs.

Type:

Steamship

Period:

1940

Coordinates:

55.68°N, 14.50°W

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