Atlantic Sun
Name | Atlantic Sun |
Type | Tanker
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GRT | 2,333 tons |
Country | American |
Built | 1893
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Builder | Palmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Sun Company, Philadelphia
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Tanker Atlantic Sun
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 18 Mar 1918 | U 46 (Leo Hillebrand) | Sunk | torpedoed 19 miles off Orsay Island, Scotland. Position is place of sinking
| 55° 56'N, 6° 55'W
| Philadelphia - Liverpool
| oil
| 2
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| Torpedoed in 55.55N 07.09W
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Position of attack on Atlantic Sun
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