Clacton
Name | Clacton |
Type | Auxiliary minesweeper
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GRT | 820 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1904
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Builder | Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: Great Eastern Railway Company, Harwich
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U-boat attacks on Auxiliary minesweeper Clacton
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 3 Aug 1916 | U 73 (Gustav Sieß) | Sunk | Torpedoed in Kavalla Bay, Aegean Sea
| 40° 46'N, 23° 53'E
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| 5
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Position of attack on Clacton
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