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9th May 1918 SS Baron Ailsa lost The 279' freighter SS Baron Ailsa of the Kelvin Shipping Company was torpedoed and sunk by SMS UB-72 off the Smalls lighthouse on May 9, 1918. Ten men were killed in the sinking, there were several survivors including the master. Baron Ailsa was the last ship sunk by UB-72, she was sunk three days later by HMS-D-4, most of the crew perished with her.
Baron Ailsa Casualties.

Black, Daniel Steward
Hasan, Ali Fireman & Trimmer Indian Merchant Service
McIntosh, Leonard V. Leading Seaman R.N.V.R.
Mouat, Thomas Boatswain
Oliver, Walter H. Wireless Operator
Osborne, Percy Able Seaman R.N.V.R.
Robertson, James Mess Room Steward
Routledge, Colin E. Sailor
Said, Qaid Fireman & Trimmer Indian Merchant Service
Somerville, William 3rd Engineer

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