Avon
Name | Avon |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 1,574 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1894
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Builder | Wigham Richardson & Co., Newcastle
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Operator | Carron Company, Grangemouth
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Avon
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 9 Apr 1916 | UC 7 (Georg Haag) | Sunk | Mined in the mouth of Thames, 2.5 miles SExS of the Tongue LV 51°29’N, 01°26’30”E.
| 51° 29'N, 1° 27'E
| London - Leith
| general cargo
| 2
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Position of attack on Avon
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