Mantola
Name | Mantola |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 8,253 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1916
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Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Mantola
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 30 Oct 1916 | | Damaged | Mined off Aldeburgh
| 52° 09'N, 1° 52'E
| Middlesbrough & London - Calcutta
| general cargo
| 0
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2 | 8 Feb 1917 | U 81 (Raimund Weisbach) | Sunk | Torpedoed 143 miles WSW of Fastnet
| 49° 55'N, 12° 25'W
| London - Calcutta
| passengers & general
| 7
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| The wreck has been located with the aim of salvaging a large quantity of silver that was included in Mantola's cargo.
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Position of attacks on Mantola
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