Manuel
Name | Manuel |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,419 tons |
Country | Spanish |
Built | 1895
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Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough
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Operator | Echevarieta y Larrinaga, Bilbao
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History | Built as Normandy for SS. Normandy Co., Ltd. (D. Maciver, Sons & Co., Ltd.), Liverpool. In 1901, D. Maciver, Sons & Co. assumed ownership of the ship. Sold in 1908 for £12,500 to Echevarieta y Larrinaga and renamed Manuel; the ship sailed under the Uruguian flag from 1908 to 1913, when the steamer was registered in Bilbao, Spain.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Manuel
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Jan 1917 | UB 38 (Wilhelm Amberger) | Sunk | about 80 miles W of Ushant
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| Bilbao - Glasgow
| copper ore
| 0
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