Ships hit during WWI

Atlas

NameAtlas
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,068 tons
Country  French
Built1886
BuilderBarclay, Curle & Co., Glasgow
OperatorFrench Government, Lorient
HistoryFour-masted steel-hulled bark. Built as Bannockburn.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Atlas


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
128 Jul 1917U 30 (Franz Grünert)SunkTorpedoed about 200 miles W of Fastnet.
51° 35'N, 15° 31'W
Clyde - Fort de France



No survivors recovered; vessel posted as missing.

Position of attack on Atlas


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