Ships hit during WWI

General Archinard

NameGeneral Archinard
TypeSailing vessel
GRT355 tons
Country  French
Built1903
BuilderChantier De Constructions Navales, St. Malo
OperatorH. Gilbert, Avranches
HistoryWooden “three-masted brigantine” per Lloyd’s Register of Shopping (barkentine?)

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel General Archinard


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
13 Sep 1916UB 23 (Ernst Voigt)SunkStopped and sunk 16 miles S50°E of the Royal Sovereign LV
50° 35'N, 0° 50'E




Position of attack on General Archinard


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