Hazelwood
Name | Hazelwood |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,120 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1904
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Builder | Ropner & Son, Stockton
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Operator | Gascony SS. Co., Ltd. (L. Walford (London), Ltd.), Middlesbrough
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History | Built for Constantine & Pickering Steamship Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough; sold to Gascony SS. Co. in 1916.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Hazelwood
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 Oct 1917 | UC 75 (Johannes Lohs) | Sunk | Torpedoed east of Portland Bill.
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| Tyne - ?
| coal
| 32
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| Or late on October 18, 1917 British time. Vessel sank quickly and without survivors. Sinking misattributed by Spindler, which lists Britannia as being sunk in this attack. A review of UC 75’s KTB suggests that Hazelwood was much more likely the ship sunk in this attack.
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