Alacrity
Name | Alacrity |
Type | steamer
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GRT | 1,080 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1883
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Builder | Castle Steel & Iron Works Co., Milford Haven
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Operator | Harries Bros. & Co., Belfast (Swansea)
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History |
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U-boat attacks on steamer Alacrity
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 31 Mar 1916 | UB 13 (Arthur Metz) | Sunk | Torpedoed off Southwold.
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| Le Havre - Seaham Harbour
| in ballast
| 14
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| Vessel sunk with all hands. Fate reassessed in 2009 based upon British and German documents; the ship UB 13 is credited with sinking in this attack was previously the Norwegian steamer Memento, which actually was mined.
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