Ships hit during WWI

North Wales

NameNorth Wales
TypeSteamer
GRT4,072 tons
Country  British
Built1909
BuilderJ. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorNorth Wales Shipping Co., Ltd. (H. Roberts & Son), London (Newcastle)
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer North Wales


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
126 Oct 1916U 69 (Ernst Wilhelms)SunkStopped and sunk SW of the Scillies

Hull - Canada
in ballast
30

No survivors. North Wales’ lifeboats were not recovered and the vessel was posted as missing.


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