Ships hit during WWI

Crown Of Leon

NameCrown Of Leon
TypeSteamer
GRT3,391 tons
Country  British
Built1894
BuilderBarclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorCrown SS. Co., Ltd. (Prentice, Service & Henderson), Glasgow
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Crown Of Leon


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
17 May 1917U 63 (Otto Schultze)DamagedGulf of Genoa - Damaged by torpedo and stranded
44° 04'N, 8° 14'E
Cardiff - Civitavecchia
coal
1

Again torpedoed by U 32 on May 16.

Position of attack on Crown Of Leon


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