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AVANTI

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After the sinking of the LUSITANIA, Arthur Rowland Jones continued working at sea. On 2 February 1918, he commanded the AVANTI shipping iron ore from Bilbao. He and 22 of his crew perished in a torpedo attack by the German submarine UB 59.

Source: M/S Museet for Søfarts billedarkiv.

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M/S Museet for Søfarts billedarkiv
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Hansen, Alf., København
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