Cape Corso
Name | Cape Corso |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,890 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905
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Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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Operator | Cape Corso SS. Co., Ltd. (Lyle Shipping Co., Ltd.), Greenock
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Cape Corso
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 12 Oct 1917 | U 57 (Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg) | Damaged | Torpedoed about 9 miles W of St. Govan LV (near Milford Haven). Very seriously damaged but towed in; broke back while waiting for drydock availability but repaired.
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| Cardiff - Queenstown
| in ballast
| 13
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