Balkan
Name | Balkan |
Type | Mail steamer used as troopship
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GRT | 1,709 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1882
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Builder | A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton
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Operator | Fraissinet et Cie, Marseille
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Mail steamer used as troopship Balkan
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Aug 1918 | UB 48 (Wolfgang Steinbauer) | Sunk | Torpedoed 7 miles NW of Ile Rousse, Corsica
| 42° 40'N, 8° 39'E
| Marseille-Corsica
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| 400
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| troopship, approx 400 lost
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Position of attack on Balkan
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