Charleston
Name | Charleston |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,866 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1908
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Builder | Irvine’s SB. & DD. Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Charleston
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 12 Dec 1917 | UB 65 (Martin Schelle) | Sunk | 30 miles W of the Smalls, St George Channel
| 51° 37'N, 5° 59'W
| Cardiff - Berehaven
| coal
| 0
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| Two gunners taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Charleston
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