Ships hit during WWI

Tithonus

NameTithonus
TypeArmed boarding steamer
GRT3,463 tons
Country  British
Built1908
BuilderGourlay Bros. & Co. (Dundee), Ltd., Dundee
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryPecae-time operator: Finska Ångfartygs A/B, Helsingfors (Admiralty requisition March 1916)

U-boat attacks on Armed boarding steamer Tithonus


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
128 Mar 1918UB 72 (Friedrich Traeger)Sunk50 miles east of Aberdeen while escorting a convoy to Norway
57° 04'N, 0° 33'W
U.K. - Norway

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Position of attack on Tithonus


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