War Knight
Name | War Knight |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 7,951 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1917
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Builder | Union Iron Works Co., Alameda, Calif.
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Operator | The Shipping Controller (Furness, Withy & Co., Ltd.), London
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer War Knight
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 24 Mar 1918 | UC 17 (Erich Stephan) | Sunk | Mined near Needles LH, beached Freshwater & exploded
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| after colliding with O.B. Jennings. War Knight had sailed from New York in convoy HN53 on 8 March 1918
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