Ships hit during WWI

Samoa

NameSamoa
TypeSailing vessel
GRT1,138 tons
Country  Norwegian
Built1886
BuilderRussell & Co., Greenock
OperatorSkibs-A/S Samoa (Jacobsen & Thon, Fredrikstad), Kristiansand
HistoryIron-hulled bark.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Samoa


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
114 Jun 1918U 151 (Heinrich von Nostitz und Jänckendorff)SunkStopped and then sunk by gunnery 90 miles off the Virginia coast
37° 30'N, 72° 10'W
Walfisch Bay – Perth Amboy
copper ore
0

Position of attack on Samoa


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