Lake Edon
Name | Lake Edon |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 2,371 tons |
Country | American |
Built | 1918
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Builder | American SB. Co., Cleveland, Ohio
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Operator | U. S. Shipping Board, Cleveland
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Lake Edon
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 21 Aug 1918 | U 107 (Kurt Siewert) | Sunk | Torpedoed 4 miles NxE of Towan Head, Newquay
| 50° 28'N, 5° 08'W
| Barry - France
| coal
| 16
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| Master George Bruce. Per information from the UK Hydro report and local wreck divers, the Lake Edon is lying in about 105 feet at 502733N-050734W on a bow heading of 135o with massive damage to port side suggesting perhaps that it had been torpedoed by U-107 from the east or land side.
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Position of attack on Lake Edon
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