Australbush
Name | Australbush |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,398 tons |
Country | Australian |
Built | 1907
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Builder | Wm. Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Port Glasgow
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Operator | Commonwealth Government Line of Steamers, Port Adelaide
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Australbush
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 13 Nov 1917 | UC 31 (Kurt Siewert) | Sunk | 7 miles E1/2N of Eddystone LH
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| Le Havre - Barry
| in ballast
| 2
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| Previously, Australbush had sailed from Dakar in convoy HD8 on 15 October 1917, was detached from the convoy escorted by two destroyers near the Eddystone on 31 October and had reached Le Havre via Spithead.
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