Crenella
Name | Crenella |
Type | Tanker
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GRT | 7,035 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1897
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Builder | Palmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., London (as nominees)
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History | A cargo vessel that was converted into a tanker in 1916 and then transferred to the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Had served as a dummy battleship from 1914 - 1916 for the Royal Navy. Owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Liverpool from 1903 to 1914.
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U-boat attacks on Tanker Crenella
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 26 Nov 1917 | U 101 (Karl Koopmann) | Damaged | Torpedoed 146 miles W of Queenstown
| 49° 47'N, 10° 58'W
| Queenstown - U.S.A.
| in ballast
| 0
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Position of attack on Crenella
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