Ships hit during WWI

Dirigo

NameDirigo
TypeSailing vessel
GRT3,004 tons
Country  American
Built1894
BuilderArthur Sewall & Co., Bath, ME
OperatorAxim Transportation Co., Inc., Pensacola, Fla.
HistoryFour-masted steel-hulled bark.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Dirigo


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
131 May 1917UB 23 (Hans Ewald Niemer)SunkStopped and sunk 6 miles SW of Eddystone
50° 09'N, 4° 28'W
New York - Havre
steel
1

Position of attack on Dirigo


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