Taplow
| Name | Taplow |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 2,981 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1905
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| Builder | Ropner & Son, Stockton
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| Operator | Britain SS. Co., Ltd. (Watts, Watts & Co., Ltd.), London
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| History | Built as Talavera for the Scholefield Steam Shipping Co., Ltd., Newcastle, H. Scholefield & Son manager. Sold and renamed in 1916.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Taplow
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 14 Jun 1917 | U 82 (Hans Adam) | Sunk | Torpedoed about 100 miles WSW of Bishop Rock
| 48° 25'N, 10° 28'W
| Huelva - Port Talbot
| copper, copper ore, etc.
| 27
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| Sunk with no survivors; vessel posted as missing. The sinking, which is not listed in Spindler’s official history, was attributed to U 82 by Michael Lowrey in 2020. The attack had been previously thought to have sunk the British steamer Highbury but the location presented difficulties upon closer examination. Highbury was instead sunk by U 66 west of Ireland on June 10.
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Position of attack on Taplow
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