Ships hit during WWI

Spenser

NameSpenser
TypeSteamer
GRT4,186 tons
Country  British
Built1910
BuilderArmstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorLiverpool, Brazil & River Plate SN. Co., Ltd. (Lamport & Holt, Ltd.), Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Spenser


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Jan 1918U 61 (Victor Dieckmann)Sunk35 miles NE Tuskar Rock, St George Channel

Buenos Aires - Liverpool
general cargo
0

Spenser had sailed from Dakar in convoy HD16 on 16 December 1917.


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