Ships hit during WWI

Great City

NameGreat City
TypeSteamer
GRT5,525 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderRopner & Sons, Ltd., Stockton
OperatorGreat City SS. Co., Ltd. (W. Reardon Smith & Son), Bideford
HistoryOwnership changed during 1917 to St. Just SS. Co., Ltd. (W. Reardon Smith & Son), Bideford, uncertain if this was before or after Great City was torpedoed.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Great City


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
119 Jun 1917UC 47 (Paul Hundius)DamagedTorpedoed 30 miles W of Bishops Rock

Newport News - London
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