Limerick
Name | Limerick |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 6,827 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1898
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Builder | Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | Union SS. Co. of New Zealand, Ltd., London
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History | Steamer with passenger accommodations and significant cargo and refrigerated cargo capacity.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Limerick
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 28 May 1917 | U 86 (Friedrich Crüsemann) | Sunk | 140 miles W1/2S of Bishop Rock
| 48° 53'N, 9° 45'W
| Sydney - London
| frozen meat & general cargo
| 8
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Position of attack on Limerick
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