Thames
Name | Thames |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 403 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1910
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Builder | Goole SB. & Repg. Co., Ltd., Goole
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Operator | Dale Coasters, Ltd. (Lythgoe, Amundsen & Co.), Hull (Newcastle)
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Thames
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 14 Aug 1917 | UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck) | Sunk |
| 53° 42'N, 0° 24'E
| Middlesbrough-Fécamp
| pig iron
| 10
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| Listed as missing since sailing from Middlesbrough, 14 Aug 1917, for Fécamp. Sunk by gunnery with all hands just before midnight. Attribution by Michael Lowrey in 2008.
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Position of attack on Thames
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