Gretaston
Name | Gretaston |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 3,395 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1901
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Builder | W. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Gretaston SS. Co., Ltd. (W. S. Miller & Co.), Glasgow
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Gretaston
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 15 Apr 1917 | UC 27 (Gerhard Schulz) | Sunk | Torpedoed and sunk off the Iberian coast.
| 43° 08'N, 11° 32'W
| Huelva - Garston
| copper ore
| 29
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| Sunk with all hands and posted as missing. Attribution to UC 72 on April 30, 1917 incorrect.
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Position of attack on Gretaston
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