Istrar
Name | Istrar |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,582 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1896
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Builder | Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | T. & J. Brocklebank, Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Istrar
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Dec 1916 | U 39 (Walter Forstmann) | Sunk | 120 miles NNW1/2W of Alexandria
| 33° 15'N, 28° 20'E
| Birkenhead - Calcutta
| coal & general cargo
| 1
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| Chief engineer taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Istrar
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