Spartan
Name | Spartan |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,287 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1891
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Builder | Russell & Co., Greenock
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Operator | Bech’s Rederi A/S (Carl Bech & Co.), Tvedestrand
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History | Steel-hulled four-masted bark. Built as Earl of Dunmore.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Spartan
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 9 Mar 1917 | U 61 (Victor Dieckmann) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by torpedo 75 miles SW of Fastnet
| 50° 26'N, 10° 45'W
| New York – Liverpool
| petroleum
| 0
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Position of attack on Spartan
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