Ships hit during WWI

Arethusa

NameArethusa
TypeSailing vessel
GRT1,279 tons
Country  British
Built1891
BuilderA. McMillan & Son, Ltd., Dumbarton
OperatorShip Arethusa Co. (Iredale & Porter Ltd.), London
HistorySteel-hulled bark.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Arethusa


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
122 Apr 1917UC 66 (Herbert Pustkuchen)SunkStopped and scuttled 15 miles NW of Eagle Island

Gulfport - Clyde
pitch pine
0

Or early on April 23, 1917.


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