DERBENT

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Cadarnhawyd gan arolygon diweddarach mai’r *DERBENT* ydy’r llongddrylliad hwn. Tancer Prydeinig oedd y *DERBENT*. Roedd hi’n teithio o Lerpwl i Queenstown pan gafodd ei suddo gan yr *U 96* dan reolaeth y KapLt Heinrich Jeß ar 30 Tachwedd 1917. Mae’r llongddrylliad yn gorwedd 6 milltir i’r gogleddddwyrain wrth dwyrain o Drwyn Eilian, Ynys Môn. Ni chollodd neb ei fywyd. The most recent surveys have confirmed that this wreck is the *DERBENT*. The *DERBENT* was a British tanker. Travelling from Liverpool to Queenstown, she was sunk by *U 96* commanded by KapLt Heinrich Jeß on 30 November 1917. Her wreck lies 6 miles north east by east off Lynas Point, Anglesey. There were no casualties.