Ships hit during WWI

Batoum

NameBatoum
TypeTanker
GRT4,054 tons
Country  British
Built1893
BuilderJames Laing, Sunderland
OperatorAssociated Oil Carriers, Ltd. (J. I. Jacobs & Co.), Swansea
History

U-boat attacks on Tanker Batoum


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
118 Jul 1915UB 17 (Ralph Wenninger)Damaged2.5 miles SxE of Southwold Lighthouse. Beached and refloated.

Killingholme-Harwich

6

219 Jun 1917U 61 (Victor Dieckmann)Sunk6 miles S of Fastnet Rock

New Orleans - Queenstown

1


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