Beeswing
Name | Beeswing |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 1,462 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1893
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Builder | Russell & Co., Greenock
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Operator | J. B. Walmsley & Co., Liverpool
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History | Steel-hulled bark. Built for Beeswing Sailing Ship Co., Ltd. (Prichard Bros. & Co.), London, sold to J. B. Walmsley & Co. in 1911.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Beeswing
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 May 1917 | U 58 (Kurt Wippern) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by gunfire 140 miles WxN of Fastnet
| 50° 50'N, 13° 00'W
| Pensacola - Liverpool
| timber
| 0
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Position of attack on Beeswing
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