Ships hit during WWI

Burnstone

NameBurnstone
TypeSteamer
GRT2,340 tons
Country  British
Built1903
BuilderCraig, Taylor & Co., Stockton
OperatorAlexander Bros., Newcastle
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Burnstone


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
119 Mar 1918UB 62 (Bernhard Putzier)Sunk44 miles N of the Farne Islands

Immingham - ?
coal
5

The wreck of the Burnstone was located by divers in 2008 and the bell recovered.


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