Ships hit during WWI

Lorca

NameLorca
TypeSteamer
GRT4,129 tons
Country  British
Built1910
BuilderJ. Readhead & Sons, Ltd., So. Shields
OperatorEnglish & American Shipping Co., Ltd. (C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Lorca


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
115 Nov 1916U 49 (Richard Hartmann)Sunk200 miles W of Ushant

Gulfport via Norfolk - Calais
timber
32

Posted as missing; sunk with all hands.


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