Ships hit during WWI

Butetown

NameButetown
TypeSteamer
GRT3,789 tons
Country  British
Built1905
BuilderFurness, Withy & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorHendon SS. Co., Ltd. (McAllum, Soulidi & Co.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Butetown


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
18 Sep 1916UB 47 (Wolfgang Steinbauer)Sunk55 miles WSW of Cape Matapan
36° 00'N, 21° 15'E
Malta - Mudro
coal & general cargo
0

Or 36°N, 21°54’E per KTB.

Position of attack on Butetown


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