Ships hit during WWI

Piero Maroncelli

NamePiero Maroncelli
TypeSteamer
GRT3,225 tons
Country  Italian
Built1907
BuilderA. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow
OperatorItalian Government - Ferrovie dell Stato, operators, Genoa
HistoryBuilt as Francesco Musner for Navigazione Gen. Austriaca Gerolimich & Co. Soc. in Azioni, Trieste. Seized at Genoa on May 23, 1915. Renamed in 1916.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Piero Maroncelli


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
131 Aug 1916U 38 (Max Valentiner)Sunk55 miles NW of Caxine Point

Tyne - La Spezia
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