Merion
Name | Merion |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 19,380 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | British |
Built | 1902
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Builder | John Brown & Co. Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | In 1914 she was sold by the American Line to the British Admiralty to operate as a dummy capital ship representing HMS Tiger.
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Merion
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 30 May 1915 | UB 8 (Ernst von Voigt) | Sunk | Torpedoed off Strati Island, Aegean Sea, near the entrance to the Dardanelles
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