Destro
| Name | Destro |
| Type | Steamer
|
| GRT | 859 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1914
|
| Builder | Earle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull
|
| Operator | T. Wilson, Sons & Co., Ltd., Hull
|
| History | In 1917 operator became Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Destro
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 3 Aug 1916 | UB 39 (Werner Fürbringer) | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire 10 miles NExE of Coquet Island.
|
| Stavanger - Hull
| general cargo
| 0
|
| Captain Edward Borrowdale Johnson awarded DSC for escaping from UB 39.
|
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| 2 | 25 Mar 1918 | U 96 (Heinrich Jeß) | Sunk | 5 miles SW Mull of Galloway
| 54° 34'N, 4° 45'W
| Namsos - Manchester
| Lumber, ferro-chrome, etc.
| 6
|
| Master was Captain Edward Borrowdale Johnson DSC.
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Position of attack on Destro
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