Cancalais
| Name | Cancalais |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 231 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1906
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| Builder | J. Lhotellier, Cancale
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| Operator | Fr. Delisle, La Houle
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| History | Wooden three-masted schooner
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Cancalais
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 2 May 1917 | UC 72 (Ernst Voigt) | Sunk | 12 milles NW of Ile d’Yeu, Bay of Biscay
| 46° 55'N, 2° 23'W
| Pauillac - Cardiff
| pitprops 220 t.
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| On May 2nd 1917, Keryado was escorting the sailing ships Cancalais, La Victoire, Yvonne and Russie, when she was torpedoed by UC-72 (Oberleutnant zur See Ernst Voigt)and sank immediately, leaving only one survivor. UC-72 then proceeded to the sailing ships and sank the 4 of them with explosives or gunfire. All crew managed to reach Ile d´Yeu in their lifeboats. See wreck file at http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?133234
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Position of attack on Cancalais
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