Ships hit during WWI

Tuva

NameTuva
TypeSteamer
GRT2,270 tons
Country  Swedish
Built1889
BuilderSchlesinger, Davis & Co., Newcastle
OperatorOtto Banck, Helsingborg
HistoryBuilt as Leconfield for G. R. Sanderson & Co., Hull. In 1900, sold to Cairn Line of Steamships, Ltd. (Cairns, Young & Noble), Newcastle and renamed Cairnesk. Otto Banck purchased the vessel in 1911 and renamed it Tuva.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Tuva


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Oct 1916U 48 (Berndt Buß)Sunk70 miles N of North Cape

Arkhangelsk - Hull
timber
0

Master: S. E. Lundberg


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