Ships hit during WWI

Apscheron

NameApscheron
TypeSteamer
GRT1,864 tons
Country  Russian
Built1887
BuilderPalmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorImperial Russian navy
HistoryNominally still owned by Soc. Anon. d’Armement, d’Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp at the time of sinking, but serving as a Russian naval transport.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Apscheron


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
18 Oct 1915UB 14 (Heino von Heimburg)SunkTorpedoed 24 miles S of Cape Chersones






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