Quiberon
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| Name | Quiberon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,296 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Deutsche Werft AG, Betrieb Finkenwärder, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Union Industrielle et Maritime, Dunkirk | ||
| Homeport | Dunkirk | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jan 1940 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-59 (Harald Jürst) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 8417 - See estimated map location (52.24N01.59E) * | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rouen (16 Jan) - Boston, Lincolnshire | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in December 1922 as German Düsseldorf for Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), Hamburg. 1924 renamed Margarete for Ost-West Reederei, Hamburg. 1926 sold to the Netherlands and renamed Pallas for Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij NV, Amsterdam. 1927 renamed Atlas for NV West-Indische Scheepvaart Mij, Amsterdam. 1939 sold to France and renamed Quiberon for Union Industrielle et Maritime, Dunkirk. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.09 hours on 19 Jan, 1940, the unescorted Quiberon (Master Arsène Guillevic) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-59 and sank within four minutes off Great Yarmouth. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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