HMD Piscatorial Ii
Name | HMD Piscatorial Ii |
Type | Navy drifter
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GRT | 93 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1916
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Builder | S. Richards & Co Ltd, Lowestoft
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History | Peace-time operator: Henry F. Eastick, Great Yarmouth. Registration: YH 762 though taken into Royal Navy at completion.
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U-boat attacks on Navy drifter Piscatorial Ii
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 28 Dec 1917 | UC 71 (Ernst Steindorff) | Sunk | Presumed mined off Newhaven
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| UC 71 laid two minefields off Newhaven on December 24, 1917. Piscatorial II sailed from Newhaven on the afternoon of Dec. 28. An explosion was heard at 7pm and bodies and debris found the next morning 7 miles SW of Brighton.
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