Lake Michigan
Name | Lake Michigan |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 9,288 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1902
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Builder | C. S. Swan & Hunter, Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Canadian Pacific Railway Ocean Lines (Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd.), Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Lake Michigan
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 15 Nov 1916 | UC 18 (Wilhelm Kiel) | Damaged | Mined near Brest
| 48° 17'N, 4° 47'W
| Montreal - Brest & London
| horses and general cargo
| 0
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2 | 16 Apr 1918 | U 100 (Degenhart von Loë) | Sunk | Torpedoed 93 miles NxW of Eagle Island
| 55° 30'N, 11° 52'W
| Liverpool & Clyde - St. John, N.B.
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| 1
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| Lake Michigan had sailed from Lamlash in convoy OB61 on 16 April 1918.
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Position of attacks on Lake Michigan
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