Coral Leaf
Name | Coral Leaf |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 428 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1902
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Builder | J. Spicer, Spencer’s Island, Nova Scotia
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Operator | J. Spicer (J. F. Whitney & Co.), Bridgetown, Barbados
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History | Wooden three-masted schooner.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Coral Leaf
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Jul 1917 | U 88 (Walther Schwieger) | Damaged | Stopped and then shelled 18 miles NWxN from Tearaght Island
| 52° 15'N, 11° 04'W
| Parrsboro - Barry
| timber
| 0
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| Towed in to Bantry per Lloyd’s War Losses: The First World War. Sunk per BVLAS and Spindler.
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Position of attack on Coral Leaf
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