Madeleine Davoust
Name | Madeleine Davoust |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 148 tons |
Country | French |
Built | 1893
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Builder | Gautier, St. Malo
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Operator | G. Messanot, St. Galo
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History | Wooden schooner. Charterer: Parajola & Delaunay, Les Sables d’Olonne
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Madeleine Davoust
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 16 Mar 1917 | UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel) | Sunk | Shelled 6m NW of Penmarch
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| Falmouth - Sables d'Olonne
| coal
| 0
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| or MAGDELEINE. UC 21 had no time to finish the schooner off due to the arrival of a TB ; it was then attempted to tow her back to an harbour but she finally sank some 500m. off Audierne harbour. Master was captain Edouard Mathurin DUVAL.
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