Emilie Galline
| Name | Emilie Galline |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 1,944 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1899
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| Builder | Atel. & Chant. de la Loire, Nantes
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| Operator | Société des Voiliers Français, Le Havre
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| History | Steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Emilie Galline
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 13 Aug 1917 | UC 79 (Erich Haecker) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled 25 miles SSW of Start Point
| 49° 58'N, 4° 03'W
| Taltal (Chile) - Le Havre
| nitrates
| 1
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| Having left Taltal on May 1st, 1917 bound for Le Havre with nitrates, the bark Emilie Galline, Capt. Frostin, was after 104 days at sea entering the Channel. At 11 am she was 25 miles SSW of Start Point when a submarine was sighted and opened fire. Capt. decided to abandon the vessel. Then UC 79 headed for the boats and took one of them to place 3 scuttling charges on board that exploded at 1.45 pm. Boats were later found, one the same day by a trawler and the second one the following day by a British destroyer and the whole crew was later disembarked in Plymouth.
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Position of attack on Emilie Galline
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