Ships hit during WWI

Kawachi Maru

NameKawachi Maru
TypePassenger steamer
GRT5,749 tons
Country  Japanese
Built1897
BuilderNapier, Shanks & Bell, Glasgow
OperatorNippon Yusen K.K., Tokyo
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Kawachi Maru


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Apr 1918U 154 (Hermann Gercke)DamagedMined off Sierra Leone





Per Spindler, exact date the ship was mined is unclear.


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