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SWAN, William Peacock
Chief Engineer Officer
Merchant Navy
SS The Viceroy
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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