Ships hit during WWI

Antinous

NameAntinous
TypeSteamer
GRT3,682 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderR. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorEgypt & Levant SS. Co., Ltd. (T. Bowen Rees & Co., Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Antinous


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Sep 1916U 38 (Max Valentiner)DamagedDamaged by gunnery 5 miles N of Cap Tedles (37°00‘N-04°08‘E)
37° 00'N, 4° 08'E
Torre Annunziata - Gibraltar
in ballast
0

U 38 surfaced and open fired on the steamer after first missing with a torpedo.

230 May 1918U 63 (Kurt Hartwig)DamagedTorpedoed between Malta and Crete
35° 11'N, 17° 48'E
Barry - Milo
coal
0

Or late on May 29, 1918, British time.

Position of attacks on Antinous


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