Atalanta
Name | Atalanta |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,091 tons |
Country | Swedish |
Built | 1883
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Builder | W. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Förnyade Ångfartygs A/B Viking (G. Carlsson), Göteborg
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Atalanta
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 17 Apr 1917 | UC 51 (Wilhelm Schröder) | Damaged |
| 56° 30'N, 4° 10'E
| Göteborg - Hull
| iron & general cargo
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2 | 18 Apr 1917 | U 86 (Friedrich Crüsemann) | Sunk | 200 miles off english Coast, North Sea
| 56° 33'N, 4° 18'E
| Göteborg - Hull
| iron & general cargo
| 0
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| Shelled and damaged the previous day by UC 51.
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Position of attacks on Atalanta
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