Bougainville
Name | Bougainville |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,248 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1902
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Builder | Chant. Nantais de Const. Maritimes, Nantes
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Operator | Bureau freres & Baillergeau, Nantes
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History | Steel-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Bougainville
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 22 Mar 1916 | U 70 (Otto Wünsche) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by gunnery 6 miles south of the Coningby LV.
| 51° 39'N, 6° 36'W
| San Francisco & Falmouth - Runcorn
| barley
| 0
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| 0856W off Coning Bay LV c/o Lacroix
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Position of attack on Bougainville
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