Zanoni
Photo courtesy of Mary Layden, the daughter of a fireman on Zanoni, via the Shrewsbury Histor
Name | Zanoni |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,851 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1907
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Builder | J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
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Operator | Turner, Brightman & Co., London
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Zanoni
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 12 May 1917 | U 34 (Johannes Klasing) | Sunk | 12 miles NExE of Cape Oropesa, Spain - WGS position 40°09 514 N 000º25 410 E
| 40° 10'N, 0° 25'E
| Tyne - Genoa
| coal
| 1
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| A video of the wreck on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMm37poaVX4. Courtesy of Francisco Javier Pérez Hita
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Position of attack on Zanoni
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