Cardonia
Name | Cardonia |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,169 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1892
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Builder | Bremer Schiffsbau Ges., Vegesack
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Operator | Cardonia Ltd., (R. D. Brailli & Co.), Cardiff
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History | Steel-hulled, ship-rigged sailing vessel. Built as D.H. WÄTJEN for D. H. Wätjen & Co., Bremen. Sold in 1914 to Rhederei A.G. von 1896, Hamburg and renamed Orlanda. Captured by HMS Eclipse on August 10, 1914 in the North Atlantic. Sold the following year to Cardonia Ltd. and renamed Cardonia.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Cardonia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Apr 1916 | U 67 (Hans Nieland) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 20 miles S of Fastnet
| 50° 57'N, 10° 06'W
| Seattle - Queenstown
| grain
| 0
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Position of attack on Cardonia
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