Russie
| Name | Russie |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 127 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1899
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| Builder | A. Sauvage, Dunkirk
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| Operator | L. Guénanten, Montagne sur Gironde
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| History | Wooden schooner
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Russie
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 2 May 1917 | UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) | Sunk | Scuttled about 12 m NW of Ile d’Yeu, Bay of Biscay
| 46° 46'N, 2° 41'W
| Dunkirk to Iceland via Bordeaux
| in ballast
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| On May 2nd 1917, Keryado was escorting the sailing ships Cancalais, La Victoire, Yvonne and Russie, when she was torpedoed by UC-72 (Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Voigt)and sank immediately, leaving only one survivor.
UC-72 then proceeded to the sailing ships and sank the 4 of them with explosives or gunfire. All crew managed to reach Ile d´Yeu in their lifeboats. See wreck file at http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133234
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Position of attack on Russie
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