Kirkland
Name | Kirkland |
Type | Navy Trawler
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GRT | 224 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1908
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Builder | Smith’s Dock Co., Ltd., North Shields
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: G. H. D. Birt & D. J. Davies, Milford. Fishing registry: LO 282 though fished out of Milford.
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U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Kirkland
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 20 Aug 1917 | U 80 (Alfred von Glasenapp) | Sunk | Mined off Fulga Skerry, Papastour, Shetlands
| 60° 21'N, 1° 47'W
| While escorting oiler Kremlin to Lerwick
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| 11
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| Mine laid on June 27/28, 1917 (barrage 129c).
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Position of attack on Kirkland
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