Ships hit during WWI

Ursa

NameUrsa
TypeSteamer
GRT1,740 tons
Country  Swedish
Built1902
BuilderGrangemouth & Greenock Dockyard Co., Grangemouth
OperatorRederi A/B Kärnan (B. Ingelsson), Helsingborg
HistoryBuilt as Siva for J. T. Salvesen & Co., Grangemouth. Sold in 1916 Crosby, Ker & Co. before being resold the same year to Rederi A/B Kärnan and renamed Ursa.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Ursa


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
117 Sep 1918UB 104 (Thomas Bieber)SunkTorpedoed 8 miles SSW of Beer Head (Lyme Bay)

Penarth - Rouen
coal
0

Master: R. H. Andersson


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