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Able Seaman Charles Osbert Mordaunt

Birth
Sunderland, Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Death
17 Oct 1917 (aged 35–36)
Monument
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
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- SS "Manchuria"
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SS "Manchuria"
Son of Edward Eustace & the late Elizabeth Lamb Mordaunt;
husband of Elizabeth Jane Mordaunt (nee Andrew), of Robinson St., West Hartlepool.
Born at Sunderland, (35)

SS Manchuria, built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1905 ......was a British steamer of 2997 tons. On October 17th, 1917, Manchuria, on a voyage
from La Goulette to West Hartlepool with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by
the German submarine U-53 (Hans Rose), 60 miles northwest of Ushant (Ouessant). 26 persons were lost. (Jan Lettens)
incl. Master Captain Hector Bennet (37)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11009
SS "Manchuria"
Son of Edward Eustace & the late Elizabeth Lamb Mordaunt;
husband of Elizabeth Jane Mordaunt (nee Andrew), of Robinson St., West Hartlepool.
Born at Sunderland, (35)

SS Manchuria, built by W. Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool in 1905 ......was a British steamer of 2997 tons. On October 17th, 1917, Manchuria, on a voyage
from La Goulette to West Hartlepool with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by
the German submarine U-53 (Hans Rose), 60 miles northwest of Ushant (Ouessant). 26 persons were lost. (Jan Lettens)
incl. Master Captain Hector Bennet (37)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?11009

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