War Swallow
Name | War Swallow |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 5,216 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1918
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Builder | J. Readhead & Sons, Ltd., So. Shields
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Operator | The Shipping Controller (Charlton, McAllum & Co.), London
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer War Swallow
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Jul 1918 | UB 50 (Heinrich Kukat) | Sunk | Torpedoed 72 miles SWxS1/2S of Malta
| 34° 35'N, 15° 00'E
| Tyne - Port Said
| coal
| 7
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| War Swallow had sailed from Falmouth in convoy OF41 on 28 June 1918 and arrived at Gibraltar on 5 July
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Position of attack on War Swallow
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