Echunga
| Name | Echunga |
| Type | Tanker
|
| GRT | 6,285 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1907
|
| Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough
|
| Operator | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd
|
| History | Converted to to tanker by fitting cylindrical tanks in cargo holds in 1916
|
U-boat attacks on Tanker Echunga
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 5 Sep 1917 | U 52 (Hans Walther) | Sunk | 40 miles NxE of Ushant
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| Port Arthur - ?
| fuel oil
| 9
|
| Had sailed from Hampton Roads in convoy HH18 on 19 August 1917
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