Chesterfield
Name | Chesterfield |
Type | Fleet messenger
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GRT | 1,013 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1913
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Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: Great Central Railway, Grimsby
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U-boat attacks on Fleet messenger Chesterfield
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 18 May 1918 | UC 52 (Hellmuth von Doemming) | Sunk | Torpedoed 42 miles NExE1/2E of Malta
| 36° 17'N, 15° 13'E
| Milo - Malta
| cordite
| 4
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| in a Milo - Malta convoy
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Position of attack on Chesterfield
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