Harwood Palmer
| Name | Harwood Palmer |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 2,885 tons |
| Country |  American |
| Built | 1904
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| Builder | George L. Welt, Waldoboro, ME
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| Operator | France & Canada Steamship Corp., New York
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| History | Five-masted, wooden-hulled schooner.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Harwood Palmer
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 23 May 1917 | UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) | Sunk | Shelled 6 miles SW of Ile de La Banche, Loire estuary
| 47° 16'N, 2° 30'W
| Boston - St. Nazaire
| steel bars
| 0
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| Crew saved by patrol boat Cobra which had just previously hunted off the submarine. The ship first anchored off Batz sur mer but finally sank at Pointe du Croisic.
Wreck file at : http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132870
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Position of attack on Harwood Palmer
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