Naalso
| Name | Naalso |
| Type | Navy Trawler
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| GRT | 135 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1891
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| Builder | Earle’s Shipping & Co. Ltd., Hull
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| Operator | French Navy
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| History | 1891 owned by Davidson & Co, Aberdeen
1915 sold to Société Nouvelle des Pêcheries à Vapeur d’Arcachon, later requisiton by the French Navy
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Naalso
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 16 Nov 1917 | UC 71 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) | Sunk | Mined 8 miles WNW of Ile d’Yeu
| 46° 49'N, 2° 33'W
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| On Nov.15th, 1917, the navy trawler Naalso under Capt. Montozé was escorting the northbound convoy 315 of 25 steamers from St Nazaire and heading for Quiberon in company with 3 more escorts. Around midnight, when about 8 miles NNW of Yeu Lighthouse, she strikes a mine that when detonating heavily damages the ship who sinks in 3 minutes. The 11 crew members will be rescued by trawler Baron Daviliers and landed at Port Breton. (B.de Maisonneuve)
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Position of attack on Naalso
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