Ships hit during WWI

Manchuria

NameManchuria
TypeSteamer
GRT2,997 tons
Country  British
Built1905
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorManchuria SS. Co., Ltd. (Metcalfe, Simpson & Co.), West Hartlepool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Manchuria


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
117 Oct 1917U 53 (Hans Rose)SunkTorpedoed 60 miles NW of Ushant

La Goulette - West Hartlepool
iron ore
26

Manchuria and Polvena had sailed from Gibraltar in convoy HG20 on October 8, 1917. Ruby was part of the local escort which had also escorted OF8 out of Falmouth on the 13th.


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