Myrtle Branch
Name | Myrtle Branch |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,741 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1899
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Builder | J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
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Operator | Nautilus Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (F. & W. Ritson), Sunderland
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Myrtle Branch
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 11 Apr 1918 | UB 73 (Karl Neureuther) | Sunk | 9 miles NExN of Inistrahull
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| Coronel & Newport News - Liverpool
| general cargo & mineral ores
| 15
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| Vessel had sailed from Hampton Roads in convoy HH48 on 28 March 1918.
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