Ville Du Havre
Name | Ville Du Havre |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 3,109 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1899
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Builder | Forges & Chant. de la Méditerranée, Le Havre
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Operator | Soc. Nouvelle d’Armement, Nantes
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History | Four-masted steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Ville Du Havre
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Mar 1916 | U 32 (Edgar von Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim) | Sunk | Shelled or torpedoed off Brest
| 48° 48'N, 6° 36'W
| Ipswich-Buenos Aires
| in ballast
| 1
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| Master Captain Ernest Ybert. Full details of the sinking on french forum: http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Forum-Pages-d-Histoire-aviation-marine/marine-1914-1918/ville-havre-barque-sujet_910_1.htm and the ship’s file on the wrecksite: http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58906
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Position of attack on Ville Du Havre
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