Victoire
| Name | Victoire |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 290 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1916
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| Builder | A. Bossard fils, St. Malo
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| Operator | Paul Dutasta, Paris
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| History | Three-masted schooner.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Victoire
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 21 Jan 1917 | UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) | Damaged | Gironde estuary
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| Lloyd’s lists La Victorie of unknown tonnage as damaged and towed to an unnamed port on the 24/1/1917. The true name is Victoire
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| 2 | 2 May 1917 | UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 12 miles NW of Ile d’Yeu
| 46° 46'N, 2° 41'W
| Cardiff - Bordeaux
| coal
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| On May 2nd 1917, Keryado was escorting the sailing ships Cancalais, La Victoire, Yvonne and Russie, when she was torpedoed by UC-72 (Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Voigt)and sank immediately, leaving only one survivor. UC-72 then proceeded to the sailing ships and sank the 4 of them with explosives or gunfire. All crew managed to reach Ile d’Yeu in their lifeboats. See wreck file at http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133234
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Position of attack on Victoire
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