Ships hit during WWI

HMS Albacore

NameHMS Albacore
TypeDestroyer
GRT440 tons
Country  British
Built1906
BuilderPalmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorRoyal Navy
History

U-boat attacks on Destroyer Albacore


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
19 Mar 1917UC 55 (Karl Neureuther)DamagedMined off Kirkwall



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Reattributed from UC 44 in December 2019 by Kevin Heath and Michael Lowrey. The mine Albacore hit had been laid only a few hours earlier.


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