Westward Ho
Name | Westward Ho |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 5,814 tons |
Country | American |
Built | 1918
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Builder | Columbia River SB. Co., Portland, OR
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Operator | U. S. Shipping Board, Portland, OR
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Westward Ho
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 8 Aug 1918 | U 62 (Ernst Hashagen) | Damaged | Torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay
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| New York - La Pallice
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| 0
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| Westward Ho had sailed from New York on 24 July 1918 in convoy HB7. After being hit she was taken in tow by the Royal Navy tugs Epic and Woonda and finally the USS Concord (SP-773) and brought into Brest.
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