Ships hit during WWI

Begum

NameBegum
TypeSteamer
GRT4,646 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderChas. Connell & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorAsiatic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Begum


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
129 May 1918U 90 (Walter Remy)SunkTorpedoed 270 miles WxS of Bishop Rock
47° 30'N, 12° 28'W
Cardiff - Santiago
in ballast
15

Begum had sailed from Milford Haven in convoy OM72 on 27 May 1918.

Position of attack on Begum


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