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13 July 1916: The victim died when the undefended port of Seaham Harbour was attacked by the enemy vesselThe following announcement by the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the Home Forces was issued by the Press Bureau early yesterday afternoon:–WEDNESDAY,12 20 P.
M.
At 10 30 p.m. final night a German submarine appeared off the small, undefended port of Seaham Harbour. She approached to within a few hundred yards of the town and then opened fire.
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Source: theguardian.com

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