Ships hit during WWI

Saxon

NameSaxon
TypeSteamer
GRT1,595 tons
Country  British
Built1881
BuilderT. Turnbull & Son, Whitby
OperatorEntente SS. Co., Ltd. (Leopold Walford (London), Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Saxon


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
17 May 1918U 105 (Friedrich Strackerjan)Sunk83 miles ESE of Fair Isle

Odde - Leith
carbide
22

Saxon had sailed from Holmengraa in convoy HZ29 on the 6th.


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