Ships hit during WWI

Echunga

NameEchunga
TypeTanker
GRT6,285 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderSir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough
OperatorAnglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd
HistoryConverted to to tanker by fitting cylindrical tanks in cargo holds in 1916

U-boat attacks on Tanker Echunga


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
15 Sep 1917U 52 (Hans Walther)Sunk40 miles NxE of Ushant

Port Arthur - ?
fuel oil
9

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