Ships hit during WWI

Brigitta

NameBrigitta
TypeSteamer
GRT2,084 tons
Country  British
Built1894
BuilderJ. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorColonial Coal & Shipping Co., Ltd., London
HistoryBuilt as Tennyson for Glover Bros., London and transferred in 1898 to Shakespear Shipping Co., Ltd. (Glover Bros.). In 1915, the Colonial Coal & Shipping Co. and renamed the steamer Brigitta.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Brigitta


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Dec 1917UC 63 (Karsten von Heydebreck)SunkMined 6 miles SW of the Nab Tower LH

Barry - Dieppe
coal
2


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