Ships hit during WWI

Mesaba

NameMesaba
TypeSteamer
GRT6,833 tons
Country  British
Built1898
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
OperatorAtlantic Transport Co., Ltd., Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Mesaba


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Sep 1918UB 118 (Hermann Arthur Krauß)Sunk21 miles E1/4N of Tuskar Rock
52° 17'N, 5° 38'W
Liverpool - Philadelphia
in ballast
20

Mesaba had sailed from Liverpool in the combined convoy OL32/OE21 on 31 August

Position of attack on Mesaba


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