Grive
Name | Grive |
Type | Armed boarding steamer
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GRT | 2,037 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905
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Builder | Caledon SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Dundee
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: General Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., London
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U-boat attacks on Armed boarding steamer Grive
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 8 Dec 1917 | UC 40 (Hermann Menzel) | Sunk | Torpedoed off Lerwick
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| Ship was first hit on the 8th, towed and beached at Lerwick. After repairs she was in tow to Stornoway when she had to be abandonned in a gale and sank about 4 nm ENE of North Ronaldsay LH
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