Ships hit during WWI

Ethel And Millie

NameEthel And Millie
TypeQ-ship
GRT58 tons
Country  British
Built1908
BuilderJ. W. & A. Upham, Brixham
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryFishing vessel (smack) used as a Q-ship. Peace-time operator: William Cooper Cook, Lowestoft. Fishing registration: LT 200

U-boat attacks on Q-ship Ethel And Millie


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
115 Aug 1917UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck)SunkSunk by gunfire and scuttling charge off the Humber while operating under the false name Boy Alfred.



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Crew not recovered.


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