Garnet Hill
Name | Garnet Hill |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,272 tons |
Country | Russian |
Built | 1890
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Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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Operator | A. Troberg, Mariehamn, Ă…land
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History | Four-masted steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Garnet Hill
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Feb 1917 | U 45 (Erich Sittenfeld) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled off the SW coast of Ireland
| 51° 10'N, 11° 40'W
| Tocopilla - Liverpool
| nitrate
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| U 45 took on board a German citizen from one of the lifeboats.
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Position of attack on Garnet Hill
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