Calliope
Name | Calliope |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,829 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1901
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Builder | R. Craggs & Sons, Middlesbrough
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Operator | Gladstone & Co., West Hartlepool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Calliope
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Apr 1917 | U 65 (Hermann von Fischel) | Sunk | Torpedoed 35 miles SW of Ustica Island
| 38° 22'N, 11° 25'E
| Cardiff - Malta
| coal
| 6
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| Three crew (first and second officer plus the third engineer) taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Calliope
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