Ships hit during WWI

Tijuca

NameTijuca
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,543 tons
Country  French
Built1892
BuilderC. Connell & Co., Glasgow
OperatorAnt. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque
HistoryFour-masted steel-hull bark. Built as Marion Josiah for Rogers & Co., Glasgow, sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils in 1910.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Tijuca


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
122 Nov 1917U 151 (Waldemar Kophamel)SunkAssaulted by gunnery, which forced the crew to abandon ship, and then sunk by torpedo about 200 miles SE of Santa Maria, Azores
36° 00'N, 20° 40'W
La Pallice - Taltal
in ballast


Position of attack on Tijuca


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