Ships hit during WWI

Afrique

NameAfrique
TypeSteamer
GRT2,457 tons
Country  French
Built1911
BuilderAtel. & Chant. de France, Dunkerque
OperatorCie. des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord, Dunkerque
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Afrique


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Aug 1917UC 71 (Reinhold Saltzwedel)DamagedTorpedoed off Belle Ile

Blyth - St. Nazaire



212 Jun 1918UC 40 (Hermann Menzel)Sunk6 miles NW of Whitby

Bilbao - Middlesbrough

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