Sawa Maru
Name | Sawa Maru |
Type | steamer
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GRT | 2,578 tons |
Country | Japanese |
Built | 1890
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Builder | F. W. Wheeler & Co., West Bay City, Mich.
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Operator | T. Osawa, Tarumi
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History |
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U-boat attacks on steamer Sawa Maru
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 6 Mar 1917 | UC 43 (Erwin Sebelin) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by gunfire about 30 miles W of Bull Rock, SW Ireland
| 51° 55'N, 11° 33'W
| Huelva - Newport
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| 12
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| One of Sawa Maru’s three lifeboats was not recovered.
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Position of attack on Sawa Maru
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