Oswin
Name | Oswin |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,743 tons |
Country | Swedish |
Built | 1890
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Builder | Thos. Turnbull & Son, Whitby
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Operator | Rederi A/B Walhall (C. W. Winck), Helsingborg
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History | Built for Turnbull Bros., Cardiff. Sold to Rederi A/B Walhall in 1903, under whose ownership the vessel had several different managers.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Oswin
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 12 Mar 1918 | UB 62 (Bernhard Putzier) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk in the North Sea about 40 miles ENE of St. Abb’s Head.
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| Methil - Göteborg
| coal
| 0
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| Master: K. Gummesson. Oswin had sailed from Methil in convoy OZ16 on the 12th, but had missed a change of course and became separated.
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