Ships hit during WWI

Tasmania

NameTasmania
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,089 tons
Country  Russian
Built1886
BuilderW. H. Potter & Sons, Liverpool
OperatorRobert Mattsson, Mariehamn
HistoryIron-hulled, ship-rigged sailing vessel. Built as Wayfarer.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Tasmania


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
12 Dec 1917UC 17 (Ulrich Pilzecker)SunkStopped and scuttled SW of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay

New Orleans - Bordeaux
steel, wood, tobacco



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