Agberi
Name | Agberi |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 4,821 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905
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Builder | Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | African Steamship Co. (Elder, Dempster & Co., Ltd.), Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Agberi
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Dec 1917 | U 87 (Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg) | Sunk | 18 miles NW1/2N of Bardsey Island, St George Channel
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| Dakar - Liverpool
| general cargo & passengers
| 0
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| Agberi had sailed from Dakar on 8 December in convoy HD15. U87 was sunk in a counter attack by the escorts Buttercup and P56
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