Ships hit by U-boats


Glacier


NameGlacier
Type:Sailing ship
Tonnage75 tons
Completed1916 - Smith & Rhuland Shipbuilding Ltd, Lunenburg NS 
OwnerAlbert E. Graham, Bridgetown, Barbados 
HomeportBridgetown 
Date of attack18 Jul 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-575 (Günther Heydemann)
Position10.50N, 58.58W - Grid EE 78
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Complement10 (0 dead and 10 survivors).
Convoy
RouteBarbados - British Guiana 
CargoGeneral cargo 
History  
Notes on loss

On 18 Jul, 1942, U-575 sank the two schooners Glacier and Comrade with gunfire.

 


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