Mecklenburg
Name | Mecklenburg |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 2,885 tons |
Country | Dutch |
Built | 1909
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Builder | Fairfield SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | N.V. Stoomv. Mij. Zeeland, Vlissingen
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Mecklenburg
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 27 Feb 1916 | UC 7 (Georg Haag) | Sunk | Mined near the Galloper LV
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| Tilbury - Vlissingen
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| Kplt Gunther Pluschow, the only German POW to escape Britain in either world war, made his escape across the Channel on the Mecklenburg in July 1915.
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