Marie Louise
Name | Marie Louise |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 291 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1901
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Builder | Stradneck, Uppersgriew
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Operator | Directeur du journal Ouest Eclair, Rennes
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History | Built as Leep. Wooden three-masted schooner.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Marie Louise
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 17 Mar 1917 | UB 18 (Claus Lafrenz) | Sunk | Scuttled 35 miles S79°E of Start Point
| 50° 07'N, 2° 45'W
| Havre - Briton Ferry
| old iron
| 0
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| Not a duplicate with the 426 grt vessel of the same name also sunk by UB 18 on this date. The schooner was sunk at 11:30am and the crew recovered by SS Basse Indre at 3:15pm. All landed the next morning in the Downs.
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Position of attack on Marie Louise
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