Ships hit during WWI

Missanabie

NameMissanabie
TypePassenger steamer
GRT12,469 tons (one of the largest ships hit)
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderBarclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorCanadian Pacific Ocean Lines (Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Missanabie


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
19 Sep 1918UB 87 (Karl Petri)Sunk52 miles SxE1/2E of Daunts Rock
51° 11'N, 7° 25'W
Liverpool - New York
in ballast
45

Missanabie had sailed from Liverpool in convoy OL34 on 8 September

Position of attack on Missanabie


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