Houlgate
| Name | Houlgate |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 1,550 tons |
| Country |  French |
| Built | 1903
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| Builder | Chicago SB. Co., Chicago
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| Operator | Soc. Maritime Nationale, Havre
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| History | Built as John Lambert for the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co., Duluth. Sold to Soc. Maritime Nationale in 1916 and renamed Houlgate. The renaming apparently happened just before the ship was sunk as many of the primary source documents on the sinking still refer to the steamer as John Lambert.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Houlgate
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 22 Nov 1916 | UB 40 (Karl Neumann) | Sunk | 23 miles SE of the Owers LV
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| Montreal - Havre
| coal
| 0
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| Sinking reassessed from UB 19 to UB 40 in 2020 by Simon Schnetzke and Michael Lowrey.
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