Ships hit during WWI

William Rockefeller

NameWilliam Rockefeller
TypeTanker
GRT7,175 tons
Country  American
Built1916
BuilderW. Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Bldg. Co., Philadelphia
OperatorU. S. Navy - Naval Overseas Transportation Service
History

U-boat attacks on Tanker William Rockefeller


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
118 May 1918UC 58 (Kurt Schwarz)Sunk21m E of Kinnaird Head
57° 44'N, 1° 23'W
Philadelphia - Rosyth
fuel ol
3

Position of attack on William Rockefeller


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