Ships hit during WWI

Rhone


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameRhone
TypeSteamer
GRT1,050 tons
Country  Danish
Built1915
BuilderKjøbenhavns Flydedok & Skibsverft, Copenhagen
OperatorDet Forenede Dampskibs Selsk., Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Rhone


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Jul 1917UC 79 (Erich Haecker)prizeSkagerrak





Taken as prize, later released.


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