Gemma
Name | Gemma |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,111 tons |
Country | Italian |
Built | 1896
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Builder | Bartram & Sons, Sunderland
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Operator | Flli. Beraldo, Genoa
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History | Built as Lord Kelvin for SS. Lord Kelvin Co., Ltd. (J. Herron & Co.), Liverpool. Sold in 1911 to Piceni, Gessaga & Co., Genoa and renamed Gemma. Flli. Beraldo bought the steamer in 1916.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Gemma
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 9 Sep 1916 | UB 23 (Ernst Voigt) | Sunk | 43 miles SW of Wolf Rock
| 49° 16'N, 6° 10'W
| Civitavecchia - Barry
| in ballast
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Position of attack on Gemma
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