Meaford
Name | Meaford |
Type | steamer
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GRT | 1,889 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1903
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Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Farrar Transportation Co., Ltd. (W. Carmichael), Newcastle (Collingwood, Ont.)
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History |
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U-boat attacks on steamer Meaford
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Apr 1918 | U 53 (Hans Rose) | Sunk | Torpedoed and sunk about 60 miles SSW of Fastnet.
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| Bougie - Belfast
| phosphate
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| Posted as missing; sunk with all hands.
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