Marquis Bacquehem SS was a
British Cargo Steamer of 4,396 tons built in 1893 and owned by Nelson, Donkin &
Co Ltd, London but requisioned by the Admiralty. On the 30th October 1916 she
was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic when 50 mile SxE from Cape St. Vincent
by German submarine U-32 when on
a voyage from Calcutta to Middlesbrough with a cargo of Manganese Ore.
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