Ships hit during WWI

Merchant Prince

NameMerchant Prince
TypeTrawler
GRT130 tons
Country  British
Built1898
BuilderJ.T Elringham & Co., South Shields
OperatorR. Irvin & Sons Ltd., North Shields
History

U-boat attacks on Trawler Merchant Prince


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
13 Aug 1916UB 39 (Werner Fürbringer)SunkStoped and sunk 9 miles ExS of Dunstannrough



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Location also given as 14 miles SExE of the Farne Islands


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