Justicia
Name | Justicia |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 32,234 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | British |
Built | 1917
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Builder | Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Justicia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 19 Jul 1918 | UB 64 (Otto von Schrader) | Damaged | Damaged 20 miles WxN3/4N of Skerryvore by UB64 and taken under tow. Position indicated is place of sinking.
| 55° 38'N, 7° 39'W
| Liverpool - New York
| in ballast
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| Sunk W of Islay by UB 124 the next day.
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2 | 20 Jul 1918 | UB 124 (Hans Oscar Wutsdorff) | Sunk | Sunk while under tow 11 miles NNW of Inistrahull
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| Liverpool - New York
| in ballast
| 10
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| After being damaged by UB 64 theprevious day.
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Position of attack on Justicia
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