Ships hit during WWI

Rubonia

NameRubonia
TypeSteamer
GRT3,644 tons
Country  Russian
Built1896
BuilderPalmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Jarrow
OperatorRussian East Asiatic SS. Co., Ltd., St. Petersburg
HistoryBuilt as British Trader for the British Shipowners Co., Ltd., Liverpool. Sold in 1906 to A. E. Stelp, Reval and renamed Sotrudnik. The Russian East Asiatic SS. Co. acquire the steamer in 1908, and changed the name to Rubonia.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Rubonia


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
122 Jul 1915U 36 (Ernst Graeff)SunkW of the Shetlands
60° 20'N, 5° 19'W
Cardiff - Archangelsk
coal
0

Position of attack on Rubonia


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