Ships hit during WWI

Young Bert

NameYoung Bert
TypeFishing vessel (smack)
GRT59 tons
Country  British
Built1904
BuilderJ.W. & A. Upham, Brixham
OperatorWilliam Robbens & Sons, Ltd., Lowestoft
HistoryFishing registration: LT 454

U-boat attacks on Fishing vessel (smack) Young Bert


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
12 Aug 1917UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck)SunkStopped and scuttled off the Humber



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Vessel posted as missing; crew not recovered from lifeboat.


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