HMS Newmarket
Name | HMS Newmarket |
Type | Auxiliary minesweeper
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GRT | 833 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1907
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Builder | Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: Great Eastern Railway Company, Harwich
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U-boat attacks on Auxiliary minesweeper Newmarket
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 17 Jul 1917 | UC 38 (Alfred Klatt) | Sunk | Torpedoed and sunk south of Nikaria Island, Aegean Sea
| 37° 17'N, 26° 15'E
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| 70
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| Three survivors taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Newmarket
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