Navarra
Name | Navarra |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,261 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1907
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Builder | W. Dobson & Co, Newcastle
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Operator | D/S I/S Garonne (Fearnley & Eger), Christiania
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Navarra
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 7 Mar 1917 | U 48 (Berndt Buß) | Sunk | Sunk by gunnery off S Eddystone
| 49° 36'N, 4° 12'W
| Goteborg - Nantes
| wood pulp & paper
| 19
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| Navarra is more likely the ship attacked by U 48 that day. After missing her with a torpedo, the submarine shelled her. This steamer was previously posted as missing, a lifeboat having been found on the Scilly’s shore on March 13.
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Position of attack on Navarra
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