Voltaire
| Name | Voltaire |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 2,651 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1896
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| Builder | J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields
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| Operator | Delmas Frères, La Rochelle
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| History | Launched as BIRNAM for Maclean, Doughty & Co., West Hartlepool. Sold to Soc. Générale de Houilles & Agglomérés, Nantes FR in 1907 and renamed VOLTAIRE. 1912 owner merged with Delmas Frères.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Voltaire
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 11 Jan 1918 | | Sunk | Torpedoed 140 miles NE of Ortegal
| 46° 05'N, 7° 25'W
| Algiers - Nantes
| phosphate
| 10
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| could be U 84, UC 50 or U 93
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Position of attack on Voltaire
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