Leelanaw

The steamship Leelanaw, brought to the Pacific Coast during gold rush days by the Alaska Exploration Co., and later well known in the bulk cargo trade, was torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland July 25, while carrying flax from Russia for Great Britain. The Wm. P. Frye and Leelanaw were the first American vessels to be sunk by German war craft. The Leelanaw, under the name Earnwell had been the pioneer vessel of the Earn Line Steamship Co. plying between Philadelphia and the West Indies before entering the Alaska trade in 1899. Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1915, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966, p.252.

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Leelanaw (steamer)

Lone E. Janson. The Copper Spike. 1975., p. 32.

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Leelanaw (steamer)

The steamship Leelanaw, brought to the Pacific Coast during gold rush days by the Alaska Exploration Co., and later well known in the bulk cargo trade, was torpedoed and sunk off the north coast of Scotland July 25, 1915. while carrying flax from Russia for Great Britain. The Wm. P. Frye and Leelanaw were the first American vessels to be sunk by German war craft. The Leelanaw, under the name Earnwell had been the pioneer vessel of the Earn Line Steamship Co. plying between Philadelphia and the West Indies before entering the Alaska trade in 1899. Gordon Newell, Maritime events of 1915, H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Superior, 1966, p. 252.

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