Pera
Name | Pera |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 1,737 tons |
Country | Russian |
Built | 1890
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Builder | Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG, Geestemünde
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Operator | M. Lundqvist, Mariehamn
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History | Steel-hulled ship-rigged sailing vessel.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Pera
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 13 Mar 1917 | U 70 (Otto Wünsche) | Sunk | St. George’s Channel
| 50° 50'N, 7° 00'W
| Rosario - Swanse
| maize
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| Stopped on the 12th with the crew taking to the lifeboats. U 70 then left to attack the steamer Winnebago before the submarine again came across the , this time scuttling the now derelict vessel.
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Position of attack on Pera
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