Bon Premier
Name | Bon Premier |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 1,352 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1891
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Builder | A. G. “Neptun”, Rostock
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Operator | Société Générale de Transports Maritimes, Marseilles
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History | Steel-hulled bark. Built as Frieda Mahn for H. Mentz, Rostock. She was seized in August 1914 by French forces in the western Channel and assigned to Cie. Française de Marine et de Commerce, Cherbourg and renamed Bon Premier. In 1917, she was bought by SGTM.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Bon Premier
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 29 Sep 1917 | U 60 (Karlgeorg Schuster) | Sunk | Stopped, shelled and sunk about 200 miles SW of Ushant
| 46° 06'N, 11° 25'W
| Fort de France - Bordeaux
| Rum
| 0
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| Captain Louis BRE
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Position of attack on Bon Premier
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