Ships hit during WWI

Speedwell

NameSpeedwell
TypeMotor fishing vessel
GRT11 tons
Country  British
Built
Builder
OperatorThomas Forbes and Robert Birrell, North Shields
HistoryMotor Fishing vessel: SN 205. Vessel registered in North Shields as of September 1915, previously registered in Campbeltown.

U-boat attacks on Motor fishing vessel Speedwell


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
128 Jul 1916UB 23 (Ernst Voigt)SunkStopped and sunk 15 miles NE of the Tyne



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