Eggesford
Name | Eggesford |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,414 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1914
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Builder | R. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
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Operator | Tatem Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (W. J. Tatem, Ltd.), Cardiff
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Eggesford
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 30 Nov 1916 | UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) | Damaged | 30 miles N of Ushant
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| Bordeaux - Cardiff
| in ballast
| 0
|
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2 | 31 Jan 1918 | U 33 (Gustav Sieß) | Damaged | off Alexandria - hit by a torpedo in convoy made port
|
| Alexandria - London
| cotton & cotton seed
| 0
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