Jupiter
Name | Jupiter |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,124 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1901
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Builder | Grangemouth & Greenock Dkyd. Co., Greenock
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Operator | W. R. Bradley, West Hartlepool (Hull)
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Jupiter
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Oct 1916 | UB 27 (Victor Dieckmann) | Damaged | 40 miles NExE from Longstone
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| Archangel - Hull
| timber
| 0
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| Scuttling charged damaged but did not sink vessel. Towed to the Firth of Forthand beached on October 11 but later refloated.
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2 | 21 May 1917 | UB 40 (Hans Howaldt) | Sunk | 15 miles W of Beachy Head
| 50° 38'N, 0° 05'W
| Dieppe - Manchester
| in ballast
| 19
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Position of attack on Jupiter
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