Ships hit during WWI

Orissa

NameOrissa
TypeSteamer
GRT5,358 tons
Country  British
Built1895
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
OperatorPacific Steam Navigation Company, Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Orissa


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Jun 1918UB 73 (Karl Neureuther)Sunk21 miles SWxW1/4W Skerryvore Rock or 56°07N, 07°36W
56° 20'N, 7° 20'W
Liverpool - Philadelphia
in ballast
6

Orissa had sailed from Liverpool on the 24th in convoy OL19

Position of attack on Orissa


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