Chaparra
Name | Chaparra |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,510 tons |
Country | Cuban |
Built | 1906
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Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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Operator | Empresa Naviera de Cuba, S.A., Havana
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Chaparra
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 27 Oct 1918 | U 117 (Otto Dröscher) | Sunk | Mined 70 miles SE of Barnegat, NJ
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| Havana - New York
| sugar
| 6
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| Mines laid on September 18. U 117’s minefield of August 13, 1918 also a possibility.
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