Ships hit during WWI

Zanoni


Photo courtesy of Mary Layden, the daughter of a fireman on Zanoni, via the Shrewsbury Histor

NameZanoni
TypeSteamer
GRT3,851 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderJ. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorTurner, Brightman & Co., London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Zanoni


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
112 May 1917U 34 (Johannes Klasing)Sunk12 miles NExE of Cape Oropesa, Spain - WGS position 40°09 514 N 000º25 410 E
40° 10'N, 0° 25'E
Tyne - Genoa
coal
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A video of the wreck on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMm37poaVX4. Courtesy of Francisco Javier Pérez Hita

Position of attack on Zanoni


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