Ships hit during WWI

Neath

NameNeath
TypeAuxiliary motor
GRT5,548 tons
Country  British
Built1906
BuilderRickmers A.G., Bremerhaven
OperatorAdmiralty requisition, London
HistoryFive-masted bark fitted with an auxiliary motor that was built as the R. C. Rickmers Seized at Cardiff in August 1914 and renamed.

U-boat attacks on Auxiliary motor Neath


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
127 Mar 1917U 66 (Thorwald von Bothmer)Sunk28 miles SxE of Fastnet

Mauritius - Havre
sugar
0

Master taken prisoner.


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