Ships hit during WWI

Gulflight

NameGulflight
TypeTanker
GRT5,189 tons
Country  American
Built1914
BuilderNew York SB. Co., Camden, N.J.
OperatorGulf Refining Co., Inc., Port Arthur, Texas
History

U-boat attacks on Tanker Gulflight


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 May 1915U 30 (Erich von Rosenberg-Gruszczynski)DamagedTorpedoed 20 miles W of Scilly

Port Arthur - Rouen
oil
3

First American ship torpedoed during World War I.


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