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VEDAMORE

VEDAMORE WAS BUILT IN 1896 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST. SHE WAS BUILT AS A CATTLE CARRIER AND WAS  A VESSEL OF 6,330 TONS, WITH FOUR MASTS AND HAD A SPEED OF 12 KNOTS. SHE WAS BUILT FOR Wm JOHNSTON & CO, LATER RE-NAMED JOHNSTON LINE. IN 1917 SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.86 20 MILES WEST OF FASTNET ROCK AND SANK, SHE HAD BEEN ON VOYAGE FROM BALTIMORE TO LIVERPOOL, OUT OF A CREW OF 63, 26 LOST THEIR LIVES, TWO DYING OF EXPOSURE AFTER HAVING TAKEN TO THE SHIPS BOATS, THE REMAINING 26 WERE RESCUED FROM THE BOATS AFTER 10 HOURS.