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Lunula - H.E.Moss and Co - Liverpool
Built 1926 6363 grt
Shifting from one jetty to another when she activated a mine..
She was being assisted by the tug Persia of Wm.Watkins Gravesend.
28 crew were killed - fortunately some were ashore.
Persia was sprayed with burning petrol and all six crew died.
Some people on the jetty also killed..
Lunula burned for three days..
Stan
Built 1926 6363 grt
Shifting from one jetty to another when she activated a mine..
She was being assisted by the tug Persia of Wm.Watkins Gravesend.
28 crew were killed - fortunately some were ashore.
Persia was sprayed with burning petrol and all six crew died.
Some people on the jetty also killed..
Lunula burned for three days..
Stan
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