Ships hit during WWI

Hunstanton

NameHunstanton
TypeSteamer
GRT4,504 tons
Country  British
Built1903
BuilderBremer Vulkan, Vegesack
OperatorAdmiralty requisition (Grahams & Co., mgrs.), London
HistoryThe Deutsche Dampfs. Ges. “Hansa”, Bremen’s steamer Werdenfels, seized at Port Said in August 1914.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Hunstanton


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Apr 1917UC 30 (Heinrich Stenzler)SunkTorpedoed and sunk 36 miles W of the Scillies
49° 50'N, 7° 40'W
Geelong - London
wheat
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Position of attack on Hunstanton


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