Standish Hall:
The Standish Hall was a cargo ship of 3,996 Grt. built at William Doxford & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, Yard No. 438 for the Standish Hall Steamship Co., Ltd., (E. Nicholl & Co.), London. She was launched 19 April 1912 and completed the next month. The ship was 106.6 meters in length, 15.5 meters in beam, single screw with a cruising speed of 12 knots. Requisitioned for war service by the British Admiralty and defensively armed.



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On 04 February 1918, struck without warning by a torpedo fired from German submarine U-33 (Hellmuth von Doemming). The Standish Hall sank approximately 38 miles West-by-North of Alexandria.



References:

Miramar Single Ship Report for "1132716"

http://www.uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/5747.html

http://www.naval-history.net/WW1oMSLosses1918.htm

http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/WWI%20LOSSES-S.htm
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