Ships hit during WWI

HMD Ocean Fisher

NameHMD Ocean Fisher
TypeNavy Drifter
GRT96 tons
Country  British
Built1913
BuilderA. Hall & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryPeace-time operator: Bloomfields Ltd., Great Yarmouth. Vesel may also have been used as a Q-ship at some point, details of such service are unclear.

U-boat attacks on Navy Drifter Ocean Fisher


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
116 Jun 1918SunkSank near the Haddock Bank after pulling a British mine up in her trawl.



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The attribution in Spindler that Ocean Fisher sank near the Firth of Forth on a mine laid by UC 40 on June 14, 1918 is incorrect.


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