Jersey City
Name | Jersey City |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,670 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1914
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Builder | Irvine’s SB. & DD. Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Great City SS. Co., Ltd. (W. Reardon Smith & Sons), Bideford
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Jersey City
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 24 May 1917 | U 46 (Leo Hillebrand) | Sunk | 35 miles NW of Flannan Island, Outer Hebrides. 58.38N, 08.21W per KTB
| 58° 30'N, 8° 36'W
| Pensacola - Stornoway
| wheat
| 0
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| Master taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Jersey City
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