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SWAN, William Peacock

Chief Engineer Officer

Merchant Navy

SS The Viceroy

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Port Glasgow

12-Apr-47

Tower Hill Memorial

Aged 45

On April 12th, 1947, the British cargo ship THE VICEROY, built in 1929 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. and owned by Hay John & Sons, on voyage from Antwerp to Aberdeen with a cargo of fertiliser, was sunk by a mine off Borssele, near Vlissingen. 8 people lost their lives Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?1109

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