Southland
Name | Southland |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 11,899 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | British |
Built | 1900
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Builder | John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow
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Operator | International Navigation Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Southland
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 2 Sep 1915 | UB 14 (Heino von Heimburg) | Damaged | Seriously damaged off Strati Island en route to Mudros
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| Alexandria - Mudros
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| 0
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2 | 4 Jun 1917 | U 70 (Otto Wünsche) | Sunk | 140 miles NW1/2W of Tory Island
| 56° 10'N, 12° 14'W
| Liverpool - Philadelphia
| general cargo
| 4
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Position of attack on Southland
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