Antonio
Name | Antonio |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,652 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905
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Builder | J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland
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Operator | Egypt & Levant SS. Co., Ltd. (T. Bowen Rees & Co., Ltd.), London
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Antonio
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Mar 1917 | UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) | Sunk | Mined 7 miles off Dartmouth
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| Barry - Cherbourg
| hay
| 11
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| Wrongly first attributed to U 48. SS Antonio was declared as mined in british sources and this was her fate. 4 mine barrages were laid by UC 17 off Dartmouth between Nov.1916 and Feb.1917. One of those accounted for Antonio.
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