Ships hit during WWI

Empress Ekaterina Ii

NameEmpress Ekaterina Ii
TypePassenger steamer
GRT5,545 tons
Country  Russian
Built1913
BuilderWm. Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
OperatorRussian Steam Navigation & Trading Company, Odessa
HistoryOr possibly French flagged, recently taken over as a French government requisition.

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Empress Ekaterina Ii


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
130 Jan 1918UB 52 (Otto Launburg)SunkTorpedoed N of Bougie, Algeria

Bizerta - Greece
general cargo



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