Thomas Collard
| Name | Thomas Collard |
| Type | Navy trawler
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| GRT | 215 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1917
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| Builder | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley
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| Operator | Royal Navy
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| History |
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U-boat attacks on Navy trawler Thomas Collard
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 1 Mar 1918 | U 19 (Johannes Spieß) | Sunk | off Rathlin Island
| 55° 25'N, 6° 15'W
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| With the armed merchant cruiser Calgarian, one of the escorts for a convoy. The Thomas Collard was alongside the torpedoed Calgarian when a second and third torpedo struck the larger vessel. The force of the explosions pushed in the side and bottom plates of the trawler, causing flooding that eventually sank the vessel.
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Position of attack on Thomas Collard
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