Ships hit during WWI

Estafette

NameEstafette
TypeNavy Trawler
GRT267 tons
Country  French
Built1896
BuilderMackie & Thomson, Glasgow
OperatorFrench Navy
HistoryBuilt as City of Glasgow for Hagerup & Doughty & Co., Grimsby; sold to the French government in 1902 as a fishery patrol vessel.

U-boat attacks on Navy Trawler Estafette


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
121 Apr 1916UC 6 (Matthias Graf von Schmettow)SunkMined Dunkerque Roads
51° 02'N, 2° 11'E


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Position of attack on Estafette


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