Ships hit during WWI

Luciston

NameLuciston
TypeSteamer
GRT2,877 tons
Country  British
Built1890
BuilderJ. L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland
OperatorLuciston SS. Co., Ltd. (W. S. Miller & Co.), Glasgow
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Luciston


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
124 Dec 1917UC 71 (Ernst Steindorff)SunkTorpedoed 1.5 miles WxS of the Owers LV

Southampton - Boulogne
Government stores
1

Beached but a total loss. Wreck dispersed December 1923. At least one man died (Donkeyman T. Roche + 1.1.1918 Brighton Hospital)


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