Falls Of Afton
Name | Falls Of Afton |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 1,965 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1882
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Builder | Russell & Co., Greenock
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Operator | Einersens Rederi A/S (K. Th. Einersen), Kristiania
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History | Iron-hulled four-masted bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Falls Of Afton
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 20 Feb 1917 | UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled 8 miles SW of Wolf Rock
| 49° 50'N, 5° 55'W
| Buenos Aires – Rotterdam
| linseed
| 0
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| A Volga German was taken aboard the U-boat at his request. This vessel had been already stopped by a U-Boat (U 35) on June 7, 1915 on her way to Canada but had been freed.
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Position of attack on Falls of Afton
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