Begum
Name | Begum |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,646 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1907
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Builder | Chas. Connell & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Asiatic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Begum
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 29 May 1918 | U 90 (Walter Remy) | Sunk | Torpedoed 270 miles WxS of Bishop Rock
| 47° 30'N, 12° 28'W
| Cardiff - Santiago
| in ballast
| 15
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| Begum had sailed from Milford Haven in convoy OM72 on 27 May 1918.
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Position of attack on Begum
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