Ships hit during WWI

Beeswing

NameBeeswing
TypeSailing vessel
GRT1,462 tons
Country  British
Built1893
BuilderRussell & Co., Greenock
OperatorJ. B. Walmsley & Co., Liverpool
HistorySteel-hulled bark. Built for Beeswing Sailing Ship Co., Ltd. (Prichard Bros. & Co.), London, sold to J. B. Walmsley & Co. in 1911.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Beeswing


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
12 May 1917U 58 (Kurt Wippern)SunkStopped and sunk by gunfire 140 miles WxN of Fastnet
50° 50'N, 13° 00'W
Pensacola - Liverpool
timber
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Position of attack on Beeswing


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