Snowdon
Name | Snowdon |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,189 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1896
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Builder | Richardson, Duck & Co., Stockton
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Operator | Snowdon SS. Co., Ltd. (C. Radcliffe & Co.), Cardiff
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Snowdon
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 May 1918 | U 63 (Kurt Hartwig) | Sunk | Torpedoed 84 miles S1/2W of Malta. 34°21'N, 14°20'E per KTB
| 34° 26'N, 14° 38'E
| Cardiff - Milos
| coal
| 2
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| in a Malta - Milo convoy. The two casualties were Snowdon’s master and first officer, who were taken prisoner. They were then transferred to UB 52 later on the 19th and killed when UB 52 was sunk on May 24.
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Position of attack on Snowdon
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