Birtley
Name | Birtley |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 1,438 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1906 |
Builder | Wood, Skinner & Co., Ltd., Newcastle |
Operator | Burnett SS. Co., Ltd. (Burnett & Co.), Newcastle |
History |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Birtley
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 5 Jan 1918 | UB 38 (Günther Bachmann) | Sunk | Torpedoed 8 miles N of Flamborough Head | Dunkerque - Tyne | in ballast | 18 | |
Or late on January 4, 1918, British time. |
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