4-445: A number of ships were named Anglo Saxon , Including: SS Anglo Saxon (1856) , a Canadian ship which sank in 1863 with the loss of 237 lives SS Anglo Saxon (1929) , a British ship which was torpedoed, shelled and sunk by the auxiliary cruiser Widder in 1940. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] List of ships with the same or similar names This article includes
8-453: A list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Anglo_Saxon&oldid=855882199 " Categories : Set index articles on ships Ship names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
12-652: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles SS Anglo Saxon (1856) SS Anglo Saxon was an iron screw steam ship belonging to the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company which was wrecked with great loss of life on the Newfoundland coast on 27 April 1863. Anglo Saxon was built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton , Scotland , in 1856, and operated on the Liverpool -Canada route. On her final voyage she
16-546: Was commanded by Captain William Burgess. She sailed from Liverpool for Quebec on 16 April 1863, with a total of 445 aboard; 360 passengers and 85 crew. On 27 April, in dense fog , she ran aground in Clam Cove about four miles north of Cape Race . The ship broke up within an hour of hitting the rocks, and sank. Of those on board 237 people died, making this one of Canada 's worst shipwrecks . Among those saved
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