Dumfries
Name | Dumfries |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,121 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905
|
Builder | W. Doxford & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
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Operator | Sutherland SS. Co., Ltd. (A. M. Sutherland), Newcastle
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History | Turret hull steamer.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Dumfries
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 May 1915 | U 27 (Bernd Wegener) | Sunk | 13 miles N of Trevose Head
| 50° 46'N, 5° 02'W
| Cardiff - Livorno
| coal
| 2
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| Torpedoed at 11am
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Position of attack on Dumfries
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