Ships hit during WWI

Australbush

NameAustralbush
TypeSteamer
GRT4,398 tons
Country  Australian
Built1907
BuilderWm. Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Port Glasgow
OperatorCommonwealth Government Line of Steamers, Port Adelaide
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Australbush


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
113 Nov 1917UC 31 (Kurt Siewert)Sunk7 miles E1/2N of Eddystone LH

Le Havre - Barry
in ballast
2

Previously, Australbush had sailed from Dakar in convoy HD8 on 15 October 1917, was detached from the convoy escorted by two destroyers near the Eddystone on 31 October and had reached Le Havre via Spithead.


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