Ships hit during WWI

Galgate

NameGalgate
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,356 tons
Country  British
Built1888
BuilderWhitehaven SB. Co., Ltd., Whitehaven
OperatorThe Galgate Co. (John Joyce & Co.), Liverpool
HistorySteel, four-masted ship-rigged sailing vessel.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Galgate


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 May 1916U 20 (Walther Schwieger)SunkStopped and sunk 190 miles SWxW1/4W of the Lizard

Portland, Oregon - Falmouth
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