Ships hit during WWI

Laertes

NameLaertes
TypeSteamer
GRT4,541 tons
Country  British
Built1904
BuilderHawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorOcean Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (A. Holt & Co.), Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Laertes


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Aug 1917UB 31 (Thomas Bieber)Sunk1.25 miles SSW of Prawle Point

Southampton - Montreal
in ballast
14


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