Ships hit during WWI

Eggesford

NameEggesford
TypeSteamer
GRT4,414 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderR. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorTatem Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. (W. J. Tatem, Ltd.), Cardiff
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Eggesford


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
130 Nov 1916UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel)Damaged30 miles N of Ushant

Bordeaux - Cardiff
in ballast
0

231 Jan 1918U 33 (Gustav Sieß)Damagedoff Alexandria - hit by a torpedo in convoy made port

Alexandria - London
cotton & cotton seed
0


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