Ships hit during WWI

Alcyone

NameAlcyone
TypeSailing vessel
GRT116 tons
Country  British
Built1884
BuilderJ. H. Vaux, Harwich
OperatorW. Shelcott, London
HistoryWooden ketch barge.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Alcyone


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
17 Oct 1917UB 57 (Otto Steinbrinck)SunkStopped and scuttled 3 miles NxW of Le Colbart Ridge Buoy

Hull - Dieppe
coal
0

Location also given as 12 miles WNW of Boulogne


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