HMS Foyle
Name | HMS Foyle |
Type | Destroyer
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GRT | 550 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1903
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Builder | Laird, Birkenhead
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Destroyer Foyle
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 15 Mar 1917 | UC 68 (Hans Degetau) | Sunk | Mined. Bow blown off, foundered while under tow for Plymouth. References to hitting a mine in the Straits of Dover are false.
| 50° 11'N, 3° 58'W
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| 28
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| Wreck located at 50°16’N, 4°10’W.
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Position of attack on Foyle
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