Renard
Name | Renard |
Type | Navy Trawler
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GRT | 285 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1908
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Builder | Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull
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Operator | French Navy
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History | Built as New Crown sold to French owners in 1915 and in naval service by the next year.
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Renard
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 Oct 1917 | UC 79 (Werner Löwe) | Sunk | Mined 3 miles N60°E of Mentensel (Kereon LH, SE of Ushant)
| 48° 28'N, 4° 58'W
| Patrol
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| 11
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| Mine from barrage 509 laid October 14, 1917. Sank in one minute. Survivors rescued by Torp. Boat 260. Renard was commanded by P.Off Pierre Le Blay
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Position of attack on Renard
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