Ships hit during WWI

Sado

NameSado
TypeSailing vessel
GRT196 tons
Country  Portuguese
Built1872
Builder?, Goole
OperatorA.P. da Costa, Ltda., Lisbon
HistoryWooden three-masted schooner. The original owners were probably British. The vessel was named Unity before it was renamed Labrador, though it is uncertain if this was her original name. By the early 1890s, she was registered in Lisbon, and had been renamed Labrador, with Parceria Geral de Pescas the last owner when she was under that name. Sold to in 1916 to A.P. da Costa, Ltda. and renamed Sado.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Sado


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
114 Sep 1917UB 50 (Franz Becker)SunkStopped and sunk 15 miles SW of Cape Sines

Malaga - Lisbon
iron and wine



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