Ships hit during WWI

Californian

NameCalifornian
TypePassenger steamer
GRT6,223 tons
Country  British
Built1902
BuilderCaledon SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Dundee
OperatorF. Leyland & Co., Ltd., Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Californian


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
19 Nov 1915U 35 (Waldemar Kophamel)SunkTorpedoed and sunk 61 miles SSW of Cape Matapan
36° 26'N, 22° 40'E
Salonica - Marseille
in ballast
1

Previously damaged by a torpedo from U34

Position of attack on Californian


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