Mantola
| Name | Mantola |
| Type | Passenger steamer
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| GRT | 8,253 tons |
| Country | British |
| Built | 1916
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| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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| Operator | British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Glasgow
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| History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Mantola
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 30 Oct 1916 | | Damaged | Mined off Aldeburgh
| 52.09N, 01.52E
| Middlesbrough & London - Calcutta
| general cargo
| 0
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| 2 | 8 Feb 1917 | U 81 (Raimund Weisbach) | Sunk | Torpedoed 143 miles WSW of Fastnet
| 49.55N, 12.25W
| London - Calcutta
| passengers & general
| 7
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| The wreck has been located with the aim of salvaging a large quantity of silver that was included in Mantola's cargo.
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