Wheatflower
Name | Wheatflower |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 188 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1895
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Builder | South Hylton Shipbuilding and Repair Co. Ltd., Sunderland
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Operator | Spillers S.S. Co., Cardiff
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Wheatflower
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 Feb 1918 | U 86 (Helmut Patzig) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by gunnery 10 miles NWxN of Tuskar
| 52° 09'N, 5° 45'W
| Cardiff - Dublin
| coal
| 1
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Position of attack on Wheatflower
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