Pretoria
Name | Pretoria |
Type | Trawler
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GRT | 283 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1906
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Builder | Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Ltd., Beverley
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Operator | Great Grimsby & East Coast Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. Grimsby
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Trawler Pretoria
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 10 Jul 1917 | U 53 (Hans Rose) | Sunk | Sunk by gunnery 130 miles NxW of Hoy Head, Shetlands
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| Defensively armed, one of a group of eight trawlers sunk by U 53 on this date. Location also given as 60 miles SxE of Suderö.
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