Armenia
Name | Armenia |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 5,463 tons |
Country | American |
Built | 1896
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Builder | Palmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | U. S. Shipping Board, New York
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History | Cargo vessel with passenger accomidations.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Armenia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Dec 1917 | UB 80 (Max Viebeg) | Damaged | Torpedoed 20 miles E of Start Point
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| Baltimore - Havre
| wheat flour
| 0
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| Beached but refloated. Armenia had sailed from Halifax in convoy HS18 on November 21, 1917.
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2 | 9 Feb 1918 | UB 30 (Wilhelm Rhein) | Damaged | Torpedoed 9 miles S of St. Catherine’s Point
|
| Dartmouth - West Hartlepool
| in ballast
| 0
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| Beached and salvaged again.
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