Ships hit during WWI

Maizar

NameMaizar
TypeSteamer
GRT7,293 tons
Country  British
Built1917
BuilderChas. Connell & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorThos. & Jno. Brocklebank, Ltd., Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Maizar


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
130 Jan 1918U 34 (Wilhelm Canaris)SunkTorpedoed 38 miles NxW1/2W of Cape Ferrat
36° 32'N, 1° 00'W
Clyde - Calcutta

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Maizar sailed from Liverpool in convoy OE8 on 15 January 1918. The ship dropped out of the convoy with condenser defects at Gibraltar on the 24th and had sailed from there in a convoy for Bizerta at the time of the loss.

Position of attack on Maizar


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