Dacia
Name | Dacia |
Type | Cable ship
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GRT | 1,856 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1867
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Builder | J. Laing, Sunderland
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Operator | India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works. Co. Ltd., London
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History | A cargo vessel especially adapted to lay underwater telegraph cables.
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U-boat attacks on Cable ship Dacia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 3 Dec 1916 | U 38 (Max Valentiner) | Sunk | Torpedoed in Madeira Harbor (Funchal Roads)
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| Gibraltar - Madeira
| “picked up cable”
| 0
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| Have a look at this page for an account and pictures of the loss.
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