Ships hit during WWI

Suffolk

NameSuffolk
TypeSteamer
GRT7,573 tons
Country  British
Built1902
BuilderJohn Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow
OperatorPotter, Trinder & Gwynn, London
HistoryCargo vessel with passenger accomidations.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Suffolk


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
128 Dec 1916UC 16 (Egon von Werner)DamagedMined 6 to 7 miles S60°E of the Owers LV

London - Devonport
government stores
0

UB 39 is often incorrected listed as the ship that damaged Suffolk. In fact the ship UB 39 torpedoed was the French passenger steamer Rouen.


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