Ships hit during WWI

Gretaston

NameGretaston
TypeSteamer
GRT3,395 tons
Country  British
Built1901
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorGretaston SS. Co., Ltd. (W. S. Miller & Co.), Glasgow
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Gretaston


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
115 Apr 1917UC 27 (Gerhard Schulz)SunkTorpedoed and sunk off the Iberian coast.
43° 08'N, 11° 32'W
Huelva - Garston
copper ore
29

Sunk with all hands and posted as missing. Attribution to UC 72 on April 30, 1917 incorrect.

Position of attack on Gretaston


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