Defender
Name | Defender |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 8,520 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1915
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Builder | Chas. Connell & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Charente SS. Co., Ltd. (T. & J. Harrison), Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Defender
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 24 Jul 1918 | UB 64 (Otto von Schrader) | Damaged | Torpedoed; reached port.
| 50° 03'N, 8° 40'W
| Cardiff & Milford Haven - Gibraltar
| coal
| 0
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Position of attack on Defender
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