HMS Candytuft
| Name | HMS Candytuft |
| Type | Sloop
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| GRT | 1,290 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1917
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| Builder | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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| Operator | Royal Navy
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| History |
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U-boat attacks on Sloop Candytuft
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 8 Nov 1917 | U 63 (Otto Schultze) | Damaged | off Cape St. Vincent
| 35° 24'N, 8° 18'W
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| 0
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| Ligthtly damaged by artillery fire while operating as a Q-ship
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| 2 | 18 Nov 1917 | U 39 (Heinrich Metzger) | Sunk | Torpedoed near Bougie, Algeria. Or 36°57’N O4°49’E
| 36° 59'N, 4° 41'E
| Gibraltar-Malta
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| 9
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| Sloop operating as Q-ship. Drifted ashore
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Position of attacks on Candytuft
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