SS "Wapello" (I) - Tanker
Son of Ellen Mary Jane Butler, of ., Tilbury Docks, Essex & the late William Butler.
Born at Northfleet, Kent
Jan Lettens 13/01/2012:
" Wapello, built by ....... was a British tanker of 5.576 tons.
On June 15th, 1917, Wapello, on a voyage from Philadelphia to Thames Haven with a cargo of benzine, was sunk by the German submarine UC-71 (Reinhold Saltzwedel), 14 miles WSW of the Owers lightvessel. 2 persons were lost."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78740
SS "Wapello" (I) - Tanker
Son of Ellen Mary Jane Butler, of ., Tilbury Docks, Essex & the late William Butler.
Born at Northfleet, Kent
Jan Lettens 13/01/2012:
" Wapello, built by ....... was a British tanker of 5.576 tons.
On June 15th, 1917, Wapello, on a voyage from Philadelphia to Thames Haven with a cargo of benzine, was sunk by the German submarine UC-71 (Reinhold Saltzwedel), 14 miles WSW of the Owers lightvessel. 2 persons were lost."
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?78740
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