Bourbaki
Name | Bourbaki |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,208 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1898
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Builder | Atel. & Chant. de la Loire, Nantes
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Operator | Soc. Générale d’Armement (G. Belot), Nantes
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History | Steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Bourbaki
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Apr 1916 | UC 7 (Georg Haag) | Damaged | Mined 1.5 cables N1/2W of the Sunk LV
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| San Francisco - Ipswich
| Full load of barley
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| Though severely damaged, the Bourbaki, Capt. Mener, remained afloat and could be towed in to the Orwell River, Buttermans Bay on the east coast of the UK. The vessel returned to service but was finally taken out of service in 1921 to be scrapped 5 years later.
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