Ships hit during WWI

Blanche

NameBlanche
TypeSailing vessel
GRT3,104 tons
Country  French
Built1898
BuilderForges et chantiers de la Méiterranée, Graville-Le Havre
OperatorAnt. Dom. Bordes & Fils, Le Havre
HistoryFour-masted steel-hulled bark. Built as Emilie Siegfried.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Blanche


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
119 Sep 1917U 151 (Waldemar Kophamel)SunkSunk in the Atlantic by a torpedo after an inconclusive gunnery exchange.
47° 00'N, 10° 30'W
La Pallice - Iquique
in ballast
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Position of attack on Blanche


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