Bengali
Name | Bengali |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 5,684 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1901
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Builder | Gourlay Bros. & Co., Dundee
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Operator | T. & J. Brocklebank, Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Bengali
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 13 Sep 1917 | UC 34 (Horst Obermüller) | Damaged | off Bengasi
| 33° 27'N, 20° 17'E
| Tyne - Calcutta
| coal
| 1
|
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2 | 8 Apr 1918 | UC 34 (Horst Obermüller) | Sunk | 14 miles N of Alexandria
| 31° 21'N, 29° 47'E
| Tobruk - Alexandria
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| 0
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| not as lucky the second time around…
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Position of attacks on Bengali
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