Oldfield Grange
Name | Oldfield Grange |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,653 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1913
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Builder | Irvine’s SB. & DD. Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Houlder Line, Ltd. (Houlder Bros. & Co., Ltd.), West Hartlepool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Oldfield Grange
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Jun 1917 | UB 40 (Hans Howaldt) | Damaged | Torpedoed about 11 miles E of the Owers LV
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| London - Philadelphia
| in ballast
| 0
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2 | 11 Dec 1917 | U 62 (Ernst Hashagen) | Sunk | Torpedoed 30 miles NE of Tory Island.
| 55° 46'N, 7° 56'W
| New York - Cardiff
| general cargo
| 0
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| Oldfield Grange was straggling from convoy HL19 when sunk. HL19 had departed from Halifax on November 29, 1917.
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Position of attack on Oldfield Grange
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