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S S Garlinge was a collier steam merchant 2012 tons completed in March 1918 as Petworth for the Power SS Company Ltd;(J Power and Co)London. by E.Finch and Co.(1916)Chepstow Monmouth. She was renamed in 1931 as the Garlinge.

She was attacked at 01:43 hours on the 10th November 1941 carrying a cargo of coal,@ position 37.0,N 02,00E Grid CH 8523 by U 81 captained by Friedrich Guggenberger. Garlinge sank within 4 minutes.

The master William Charles Barnes six crew members and eight gunners were rescued by the British examination ship HMS Minna. Eighteen crew including second officer Thomas Arthur Byrne of North Shields and seven gunners were lost.