Babin Chevaye
Name | Babin Chevaye |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,174 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1901
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Builder | Chants. Nantais de Const. Maritimes, Nantes
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Operator | Bureau frères et Baillergeau, Nantes
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History | Steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Babin Chevaye
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 14 Jan 1918 | U 93 (Helmut Gerlach) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 30 miles WSW of Penmarch
| 47° 36'N, 5° 07'W
| Autofagasta - Nantes
| nitrate
| 0
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| Attribution by Spindler to U 84 is incorrect. U 93 definitely identified from the inquiry made from the crew (mainly first name of officers, function on board etc...) compared to the Ehrenrangliste data.
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Position of attack on Babin Chevaye
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