Ships hit during WWI

Oswin

NameOswin
TypeSteamer
GRT1,743 tons
Country  Swedish
Built1890
BuilderThos. Turnbull & Son, Whitby
OperatorRederi A/B Walhall (C. W. Winck), Helsingborg
HistoryBuilt for Turnbull Bros., Cardiff. Sold to Rederi A/B Walhall in 1903, under whose ownership the vessel had several different managers.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Oswin


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
112 Mar 1918UB 62 (Bernhard Putzier)SunkStopped and sunk in the North Sea about 40 miles ENE of St. Abb’s Head.

Methil - Göteborg
coal
0

Master: K. Gummesson. Oswin had sailed from Methil in convoy OZ16 on the 12th, but had missed a change of course and became separated.


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