Porto
Name | Porto |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 1,079 tons |
Country | Portuguese |
Built | 1885
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Builder | A. McMillan & Son, Dumbarton
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Operator | A. Gomes, Soc. en Cta., Oporto
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History | Steel bark. Built as Gartmore.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Porto
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 27 Jul 1918 | U 140 (Waldemar Kophamel) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled 550 miles off the American coast or 340 miles 318° bearing from Cape Sable
| 39° 18'N, 60° 40'W
| Savannah-Oporto
| barrel staves and 600 bales of cotton
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Position of attack on Porto
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