Tijuca
Name | Tijuca |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,543 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1892
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Builder | C. Connell & Co., Glasgow
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Operator | Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Dunkerque
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History | Four-masted steel-hull bark. Built as Marion Josiah for Rogers & Co., Glasgow, sold to Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils in 1910.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Tijuca
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 22 Nov 1917 | U 151 (Waldemar Kophamel) | Sunk | Assaulted by gunnery, which forced the crew to abandon ship, and then sunk by torpedo about 200 miles SE of Santa Maria, Azores
| 36° 00'N, 20° 40'W
| La Pallice - Taltal
| in ballast
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Position of attack on Tijuca
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