Ships hit during WWI

Teesdale

NameTeesdale
TypeSteamer
GRT2,470 tons
Country  British
Built1904
BuilderRopner & Son, Stockton
OperatorSir Robert Ropner, West Hartlepool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Teesdale


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
115 Jun 1917UB 31 (Thomas Bieber)Damaged2 miles off Bolt Head.

West Hartlepool - Gibraltar
coal
3

Beached and refloated. She foundered, however, on August 2, 1917, 3 miles N of Saltburn Pier, while prcoeeding from Plymouth for Tees with coal for repairs.


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