SS "Birchgrove"
Son of Henry Joseph Butler, of 39, Broughton Rd., South Shields
& the late Elizabeth Butler (nee Anderson).
Born at Cardiff, (23)
Jan Lettens 05/08/2010 On December 2nd, 1917, the British cargo Birchgrove
was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84 (Walter Roehr),
10 miles WxN of Groix. Birchgrove was on passage from Penarth to Bordeaux
with a cargo of coal. 1 crew member was killed.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4887
Son of Henry Joseph Butler, of 39, Broughton Rd., South Shields
& the late Elizabeth Butler (nee Anderson).
Born at Cardiff, (23)
Jan Lettens 05/08/2010 On December 2nd, 1917, the British cargo Birchgrove
was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84 (Walter Roehr),
10 miles WxN of Groix. Birchgrove was on passage from Penarth to Bordeaux
with a cargo of coal. 1 crew member was killed.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4887
SS "Birchgrove"
Son of Henry Joseph Butler, of 39, Broughton Rd., South Shields
& the late Elizabeth Butler (nee Anderson).
Born at Cardiff, (23)
Jan Lettens 05/08/2010 On December 2nd, 1917, the British cargo Birchgrove
was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84 (Walter Roehr),
10 miles WxN of Groix. Birchgrove was on passage from Penarth to Bordeaux
with a cargo of coal. 1 crew member was killed.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4887
Son of Henry Joseph Butler, of 39, Broughton Rd., South Shields
& the late Elizabeth Butler (nee Anderson).
Born at Cardiff, (23)
Jan Lettens 05/08/2010 On December 2nd, 1917, the British cargo Birchgrove
was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-84 (Walter Roehr),
10 miles WxN of Groix. Birchgrove was on passage from Penarth to Bordeaux
with a cargo of coal. 1 crew member was killed.
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?4887
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