Ships hit during WWI

Aries

NameAries
TypeSteamer
GRT3,071 tons
Country  British
Built1895
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorReindeer SS., Ltd. (Jackson Bros. & Cory), West Hartlepool (London)
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Aries


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Feb 1917U 50 (Gerhard Berger)Sunk190 miles NWxW of Fastnet. 51.37N, 14.14W per KTB
51° 55'N, 14° 30'W
Melilla - Glasgow
iron ore
0

Master taken prisoner.

Position of attack on Aries


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