Kul
| Name | Kul |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 1,095 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1900
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| Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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| Operator | The Shipping Controller (Constantine & Pickering SS. Co., Ltd., mgrs.), London
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| History | Built as GARONNE for D/S I/S Garonne (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania. Sold 1912 to A/S Kistransport (Thv. Halvorsen), Bergen and renamed KUL. In 1917, purchased by The Shipping Controller.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Kul
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 12 Jun 1918 | UB 103 (Paul Hundius) | Sunk | Torpedoed 3.5 miles NE1/4N of Wolf Rock
| 50.00N, 05.46W
| Swansea - Rouen
| coal
| 4
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| UB 103 (No 4 tube, range 500 metres) attacked at 00:15am from approx 2 points forward of starboard beam & hit deep on starboard side badly damaging bridge and upperworks. 2nd Mate, Gunner and 2 sailors lost. 12 men in Port lifeboat & 5 on liferaft reached shore at Sennen Cove Cornwall.
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