HMT Orsino
Name | HMT Orsino |
Type | Navy Trawler
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GRT | 172 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1906
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Builder | Mackie & Thomson Ltd., Govan
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time oeprator: Hellyer’s Steam Fishing Co. Ltd., Hull
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Orsino
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 28 Sep 1916 | U 55 (Wilhelm Werner) | Sunk | Sunk by gunfire N of Strathie Point at 10:25
| 58° 40'N, 4° 05'W
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| 6
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| Four members of the trawler’s crew were taken on board the U-boat and became prisoners of war.
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Position of attack on Orsino
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