Britannia
| Name | Britannia |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 765 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1889
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| Builder | Hall, Russell & Co., Aberdeen
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| Operator | Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co., Ltd. (J. Currie & Co.), Leith
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| History | Built as Earl of Aberdeen for Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Aberdeen. Sold to the Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. in 1915 and renamed Britannia.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Britannia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 19 Oct 1917 | | Sunk | Disappeared en route for Saint Malo after dropping her pilot at Deal.
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| Middlesbrough - Saint Malo
| pig iron
| 22
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| Sunk with all hands and posted as missing. Loss reassessed in 2014; sinking previously credited to UC 75 in a torpedo attack early on October 19th off Portland Bill but that attack actually sank the steamer Hazelwood.
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