Gulflight
Name | Gulflight |
Type | Tanker
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GRT | 5,189 tons |
Country | American |
Built | 1914
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Builder | New York SB. Co., Camden, N.J.
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Operator | Gulf Refining Co., Inc., Port Arthur, Texas
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Tanker Gulflight
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 1 May 1915 | U 30 (Erich von Rosenberg-Gruszczynski) | Damaged | Torpedoed 20 miles W of Scilly
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| Port Arthur - Rouen
| oil
| 3
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| First American ship torpedoed during World War I.
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