Burnby
Name | Burnby |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 3,665 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1905 |
Builder | Ropner & Son, Stockton |
Operator | R. Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool |
History | Trunk deck steamer. |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Burnby
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 26 Feb 1917 | U 39 (Walter Forstmann) | Sunk | 20 miles N of Cape Falcon | 36° 00'N, 0° 42'W | Barry - Algiers | coal | 0 |
Master taken prisoner. |
Position of attack on Burnby
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