Rathlin Head
Name | Rathlin Head |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 7,378 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1899
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Builder | Workman, Clark & Co., Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | Ulster SS. Co., Ltd. (G. Heyn & Sons), Belfast
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Rathlin Head
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 May 1918 | U 46 (Leo Hillebrand) | Damaged | Torpedoed twice SW of Ireland
| 49° 40'N, 12° 00'W
| Swansea & Milford Haven - New Orleans
| in ballast
| 3
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| First torpedoed on the 25th but Rathlin Head continued underway. Torpedoed again the next day but towed in.
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Position of attack on Rathlin Head
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