Glocliffe
Name | Glocliffe |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,211 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1915
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Builder | Craig, Taylor & Co., Ltd., Stockton
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Operator | Globe Shipping Co., Ltd. (Humphries (Cardiff), Ltd.), Cardiff
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Glocliffe
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Jan 1916 | UC 1 (Egon von Werner) | Damaged | Mined 5 miles NNE of the Elbow Buoy. Beached but refloated and repaied.
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| Newcastle - Havre
| coal
| 0
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2 | 19 Aug 1917 | UB 40 (Hans Howaldt) | Sunk | 9 miles ENE of Berry Head
| 50° 29'N, 3° 17'W
| Barry - Southampton
| coal
| 2
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Position of attack on Glocliffe
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