Kingstonian
Name | Kingstonian |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 6,564 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1901
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Builder | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | F. Leyland & Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Kingstonian
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 11 Apr 1918 | UB 68 (Heino von Heimburg) | Damaged | Beached in Carloforte Bay where again torpedoed by UB 48 on April 29, 1918 when she became a total loss.
| 39° 20'N, 7° 10'E
| Alexandria - Marseille
| troops & equipment
| 1
|
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2 | 29 Apr 1918 | UB 48 (Wolfgang Steinbauer) | Sunk | Carloforte Roadstead
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| under repair
| none
| 1
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| Torpedoed while lying aground and under repair after having previously been torpedoed by UB68 on April 11, 1918.
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Position of attack on Kingstonian
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