Ships hit during WWI

Carrabin

NameCarrabin
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,739 tons
Country  British
Built1892
BuilderGrangemouth Dockyard Co., Alloa
OperatorBritish government requisition, London
HistorySteel-hulled, four-masted bark. Built as North Star. Owned by E. C. Schramm & Co. (F. A. Vinnen & Co.), Bremen and named Susanne Vinnen when seized at Newcastle, N.S.W in August 1914.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Carrabin


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Oct 1917U 96 (Heinrich Jeß)SunkTorpedoed 10 or 15 miles S of Daunts Rock

Bunbury, Australia - London
sleepers
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