Leasowe Castle
Name | Leasowe Castle |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 9,737 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1915
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Builder | Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead
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Operator | The Shipping Controller (Union-Castle Mail SS. Co., Ltd.), London
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Leasowe Castle
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 20 Apr 1917 | U 35 (Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière) | Damaged | 90 miles WxN of Gibraltar, damaged by torpedo
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| Liverpool - ?
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| 0
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2 | 27 May 1918 | UB 51 (Ernst Krafft) | Sunk | 104 miles WxN1/2N of Alexandria
| 31° 30'N, 27° 56'E
| Alexandria - Marseille
| troops
| 101
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| While in use as a troopship.
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Position of attack on Leasowe Castle
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