Ships hit during WWI

Alnwick Castle

NameAlnwick Castle
TypePassenger steamer
GRT5,900 tons
Country  British
Built1901
BuilderW. Beardmore & Co., Glasgow
OperatorUnion-Castle Mail Steamship Co., Ltd., London
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Alnwick Castle


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
119 Mar 1917U 81 (Raimund Weisbach)Sunk310 miles W1/2S of Bishop Rock
47° 38'N, 13° 24'W
. London - Table Bay
general cargo & passengers
40

Position of attack on Alnwick Castle


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