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The AGBERI was a British steamer. Travelling in a convoy from Dakar to Liverpool, she was sunk by U 87 commanded by KptLeut Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg on 25 December 1917. Her wreck lies 18 miles NW of Bardsey Island. There were no casualties.
Date: August 1916
Original image caption: 'AUGUST, 1916. R.M.S. "AGBERI," WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS ON BOARD, AT BREST.'
Source:
The Elder Dempster Fleet in the War 1914-18. Liverpool: Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd., 1921. n.p. [facing 49].
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