HMS Cowslip
Name | HMS Cowslip |
Type | Sloop
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GRT | 1,290 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1917
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Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Sloop Cowslip
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Apr 1918 | UB 105 (Wilhelm Marschall) | Sunk | Torpedoed off Cape Spartel
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| Cowslip had escorted convoy HG70 out of Gibraltar and had met OM62 on the 23rd and was escorting it into Gibraltar when hit. The survivors were rescued by Seneca (GC17), the ocean escort for OM62.
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