Keryado
Name | Keryado |
Type | Navy Trawler
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GRT | 175 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1908
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Builder | Hall, Russel & Co, Aberdeen
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Operator | French Navy
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Keryado
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 May 1917 | UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) | Sunk | Torpedoed 12 miles NW of Ile d’Yeu
| 46° 46'N, 2° 41'W
| escort of 4 sailing vessels
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| 16
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| Torpedoed at 00:30 am while on escort duty of trawlers Cancalais, Victoire, Yvonne and Russie. The 4 escorted trawlers were later sunk either by gunfire or scuttling charges. See the wreck file at http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?132196
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Position of attack on Keryado
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