Ships hit during WWI

Osmanieh

NameOsmanieh
TypeFleet messenger
GRT4,041 tons
Country  British
Built1906
BuilderSwan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryPeace-time operator: Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Co., Ltd., London

U-boat attacks on Fleet messenger Osmanieh


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
131 Dec 1917UC 34 (Horst Obermüller)SunkMined at the entrance to Alexandria Harbour


troops and medical personnel
198


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