Spithead
Name | Spithead |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,697 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1899
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Builder | London & Glasgow Eng. & Iron SB. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Clyde Shipping Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Spithead
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 6 Apr 1917 | UC 34 (Robert Sprenger) | Sunk | 12 miles NxW of the Damiette Light
| 31° 44'N, 31° 46'E
| Alexandria - Rangoon
| in ballast
| 1
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| Master and chief engineer taken prisoner.
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Position of attack on Spithead
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