Ships hit during WWI

Antonio

NameAntonio
TypeSteamer
GRT2,652 tons
Country  British
Built1905
BuilderJ. Blumer & Co., Sunderland
OperatorEgypt & Levant SS. Co., Ltd. (T. Bowen Rees & Co., Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Antonio


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
17 Mar 1917UC 17 (Ralph Wenninger)SunkMined 7 miles off Dartmouth

Barry - Cherbourg
hay
11

Wrongly first attributed to U 48. SS Antonio was declared as mined in british sources and this was her fate. 4 mine barrages were laid by UC 17 off Dartmouth between Nov.1916 and Feb.1917. One of those accounted for Antonio.


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