Ships hit during WWI

Karema

NameKarema
TypeSteamer
GRT5,263 tons
Country  British
Built1894
BuilderPalmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorEllerman & Bucknall SS. Co., Ltd., Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Karema


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Nov 1917U 39 (Heinrich Metzger)SunkTorpedoed 33 miles SExE of Cabo de Gata
36° 30'N, 1° 32'W
Bombay - Liverpool

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36.33N, 01.15W per KTB. Part of convoy HE1, which had left Port Said on 16 November.

Position of attack on Karema


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