Ships hit during WWI

Vesta


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameVesta
TypeSteamer
GRT1,122 tons
Country  Danish
Built1879
BuilderPalmers’ SB & Iron Co., Newcastle
OperatorDet Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Vesta


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
116 Jul 1917U 88 (Walther Schwieger)SunkTorpedoed off the N coast of Scotland

Seydisfjord - Fleetwood
herring & wool
5


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