Royal Edward
Name | Royal Edward |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 11,117 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | Canadian |
Built | 1908
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Builder | Fairfield SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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Operator | Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd., Toronto
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Royal Edward
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 13 Aug 1915 | UB 14 (Heino von Heimburg) | Sunk | 6 miles W of Kandeliusa, Aegean Sea
| 36° 31'N, 25° 51'E
| Avonmouth & Alexandria - Mudros
| troops
| 866
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Position of attack on Royal Edward
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