Tuva
Name | Tuva |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,270 tons |
Country | Swedish |
Built | 1889
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Builder | Schlesinger, Davis & Co., Newcastle
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Operator | Otto Banck, Helsingborg
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History | Built 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.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Tuva
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 6 Oct 1916 | U 48 (Berndt Buß) | Sunk | 70 miles N of North Cape
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| Arkhangelsk - Hull
| timber
| 0
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| Master: S. E. Lundberg
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