Chaouia
Name | Chaouia |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 4,334 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1896
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Builder | Koninkl. Mij. “De Schelde”, Vlissingen
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Operator | Cie. de Navigation Paquet, Marseille
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Chaouia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 15 Jan 1919 | UC 53 (Erich Gerth) | Sunk | Mined in the Straits of Messina
| 38° 18'N, 15° 41'E
| Marseille - Batoum
| passengers & general cargo
| 476
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| Mine laid on October 3, 1918.
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Position of attack on Chaouia
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