Ships hit during WWI

Amphion

NameAmphion
TypeSteamer
GRT7,409 tons
Country  American
Built1899
BuilderJ. C. Tecklenborg A.G., Geestemünde
OperatorU. S. Shipping Board, New York
HistoryLarge steamer with passenger accommodations. Build for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen as Köln. Laid up at Boston, MA in August 1914, seized there by the U.S. government on April 6, 1917.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Amphion


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
112 Oct 1918U 155 (Ferdinand Studt)DamagedDamaged by gunfire in the Western Atlantic
36° 06'N, 62° 59'W
Bordeaux - New York
in ballast
2

Position of attack on Amphion


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