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Photo of the steamer S.S. Earlswood. Unknown date. Unknown publisher.
I have no idea whether this ship's name is related to Earlswood, Surrey, but an interesting history...
Constantine & Pickering S.S. Co., Middlesborough.
Built in 1898 by R. Craggs & Sons, Middlesborough.
1923 sold and renamed to Darius.
1923 sold, moved to German ownership and renamed Westsee.
1926 sold and renamed Elsa Koppen.
1932 sold and renamed Luvsee.
23.9.1941 torpedoed and sunk by HN submarine "Triumph" off Sibenik.

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