Le Pilier
| Name | Le Pilier |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 2,427 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1902
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| Builder | Atel. & Chant. de la Loire, Nantes
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| Operator | Jean-Baptiste Etienne, Nantes & Geo Bell, Buenos Ayres
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| History | Steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Le Pilier
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 2 May 1916 | U 45 (Erich Sittenfeld) | Sunk | SW of Ushant
| 47° 50'N, 5° 50'W
| London - Buenos Aires
| in ballast
| 0
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| Le Pilier, Capt. Delanoé, was sailing in fair weather when at 8.00 am her crew noticed a submarine surfacing half a mile behind. Submarine immediately signalled to abandon ship. When all the men were in the boats, U 45 came along the vessel to read her name and then backed up about 200 m. from where a torpedo was fired. Le Pilier sank in a very short time while U 45 was heading westward on surface. The wrecked crew was picked up a few hours later by the danish SS Lindeskov and landed at Liverpool. See also the Wreck Site at http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133172
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Position of attack on Le Pilier
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