Ships hit during WWI

HMS Triumph


HMS Triumph’s sister ship HMS Swiftsure

NameHMS Triumph
TypeBattleship
GRT11,985 tons (one of the largest ships hit)
Country  British
Built1903
BuilderVickers, Barrow
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryOnly two days later the same submarine would sink another British battleship, the HMS Majestic.

U-boat attacks on Battleship Triumph


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 May 1915U 21 (Otto Hersing)SunkW of Cape Helles, Gallipoli



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