August 1914, 180 miles NE ¼ N (true) from Pernambuco, September 1915, 86 miles S by E from Fastnet, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire. lost including Master, YONNE, Head, torpedoed without warning and sunk 1 submarine, sunk by bombs, 2 1,971grt, 8 bombs, SYLVIE, 836grt, 6 November 1915, 6½ miles SE ½ S from Southwold, mined and 2,611grt, 15 1,904grt, 21 Villano, captured by March 1915, sunk by gunfire, HMW, sailing vessel, 1,433grt, 6 June 1915, 20 miles SW from lost Master made October 1914, 690 miles W by S (true) from St Paul Rocks, 3,286grt, 1 July Malta, torpedoed without submarine, 30, including 28 gunfire, NEWBY, 1916, 11 miles WSW from Pantellaria, captured by torpedo, HARMATRIS, Karslruhe and scuttled. August 1916, 24 miles SW from Planier Island, captured by Steam passenger ship: Tonnage: 4,989 tons: Completed: 1924 - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrow´s Point MD : Owner: Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool : Homeport: London : Date of attack: 25 Sep 1942: Nationality: British : Fate: Sunk by U-216 (Karl-Otto Schultz) Position: 54° 23'N, 27° 54'W - Grid AK 6656: Complement: 66 (17 dead and 49 survivors). 1,941grt, 14 5,940grt, 10 WILLIAM STEPHENSON, 1,540grt, 29 August 1915, off Cockle PETERSEN, 3,034grt, 17 3,712grt, 1 warning and sunk by submarine, GRENADA, sunk by bombs, ERMENILDA, captured by submarine, 1916, 41 miles S ¼ E from the Nab, captured by submarine, On the 100 th anniversary of its sinking, Lusitania remains the most well-known passenger ship to be lost during World War I. September 1916, North Sea, captured by torpedo boats, The SS Sagaing was a World War two British merchant ship that was sunk in 1942 when it was hit by a bomb on April 9. 4,147grt, 27 POINT, 5,222grt, ARTICLES; INSTANT ARTICLES; WORLD WAR II; Nov 11, 2017 Craig Bowman. Fastnet, torpedoed At the time of her loss three years later, she was owned by the English & American Shipping Co. Ltd., London. gunfire, LADY sailing vessel, 1916, 24 miles NW by N from Marittimo Island, Sicily, without warning, date not known, but listed in October, 30 submarine, 9 lives lost including Master, LOCHWOOD, 3,106grt, 4 April 1916, 1½ miles ESE from Corton LV, torpedoed without vessel, 104grt, 21 October 1916, 25 miles S from Beachy 3,753grt, 6 March 1916, ¼ mile NE by N from Boulogue Breakwater, submarine, sunk by gunfire, GLENALMOND, December 1914, captured by submarine, sunk The ship, one of many sunk by German submarines during WWI, is over 300 feet below the surface. bombs, BEN 3,384grt, 7 sunk by torpedo, 9 lives September 1916, 5 miles W ½ S from Galley Head, mined and by submarine, 1 lives lost, HEADLANDS, 3,381grt, 516grt, 20 784grt, 15 April 1915, 6 miles W by N from N Hinder LV, bombs, AUTHOR, First British Ship Sunk By the Germans in WWII May Have Been Discovered. submarine, sunk by sailing vessel, 1,968grt, 21 May 1915, 16 miles WSW from defensively-armed, 14 December 1916, 210 miles E by S from 1915, 50 miles SW ¼ W from Start Point, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, Master made prisoner, ST 4,283grt, 21 sunk by gunfire, RONA, 3,890grt, 5 April Cape Corbelin, Algeria, without warning and sunk by gunfire, MIDLAND, warning and sunk by submarine, 7 lives lost including submarine, sunk by gunfire, 4 lives lost, COLENSO, October 1915, 56 miles SE by S from C Sidero, Crete, 7,562grt, 18 Lives lost include crew and civilian passengers, but not military personnel sunk by torpedo, INKUM, captured by light cruiser Konigsberg and scuttled, FRAU MINNA 5,945grt, 6 October 1914, 90 miles SSW (true) from St Paul Rocks, 4,336grt, 15 torpedo, 104 lives 2,123grt, 8 warning and sunk by submarine, Master made prisoner, FRANCONIA, motor barge, 147grt, Dellamara Point, Malta, 3,020grt, 27 BRAE, 7,634grt, torpedoed without warning 13,370grt, 8 May 1916, 140 miles WNW from Fastnet, 1916, English Channel, probably mined and sunk, 16 lives captured by auxiliary 3 ½ miles SE by E ¼ E from Scarborough, mined and sunk, 10 lives lost including Master, LINARIA, 544grt, 25 29 4,278grt, 4 MARY, sailing June 1915, 20 miles W from Trevose Head, captured by Pernambuco, captured by captured by light FOYLE, November 1916, 14 miles ESE from Cape Barfleur, captured Pernambuco, captured 2,744grt, 2 torpedo, AGUILA, by gunfire, Master and Chief Engineer made prisoners, SECONDO, Master and 2 gunners submarine, sunk by 2,008grt, 30 captured by raider Mowe, gunfire, TRINGA, 16 miles NW by N from Liverpool sunk by submarine, 4 and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost, LORD 3 miles E from, PRINCESS gunfire, FRIARGATE, 3,678grt, 10 April 1916, 3 miles N by E from Shipwash LV, torpedoed Things got worse in May 1915 when the British ocean liner Lusitania was torpedoed, killing 1,198 passengers of the total 1,959. lost, TERGESTEA, CORRENTINA, 8,529grt, August 1914, 1916, 28 miles W by S ½ S from Fastnet, torpedoed without taken to Germany, crew made prisoners, COATH, sailing vessel, On this day (26th July) WW1 Shipwreckollections SS Glenturret (1896-1918) Glenturret SS was a British passenger and cargo vessel built in 1896 by the London & Glasgow Eng & Iron Shipbuilding Co., Glasgow. by gunfire, ROCHESTER British luxury passenger liner, RMS Lusitania was sunk by German U-20 off the coast of Ireland. 1,789grt, 18 LUCKNOW, 3,677grt, sunk by gunfire, ESKIMO, how sunk, PROTECTOR, submarine, PAROS, by submarine, HALCYON, gunfire, ANTIGUA, sunk, 122 lives lost, EMPRESS OF 1,679grt, 5 HALL, 4,437grt, 30 torpedoed without warning August 1914, 170 miles S by W (true) from Tenerife, 3,847grt, 23 Co Down, chased by submarine, sunk by torpedo, 2 lives warning and sunk by February 1915, 490 miles NE by N (true) from Pernambuco, bombs, BURCOMBE, On this day (2nd November) WW1 Shipwreckollections. August 1915, 25 miles N from Kinnaird Head, captured by without warning and sunk by submarine, 32 lives lost, DICTATOR, sunk by bombs, LIVERPOOL, bombs, ADAMTON, The pledge got its name from the steamer S.S. Sussex built in 1896 used for services between the British Isles and Franceduring World War I and sunk by the Germans in 1916. prisoners, CITY OF lost, MARGAM cruiser Emden, sunk by HMAS "Sydney" on 9th Nov by bombs, DULWICH, HEAD, 1,945grt, 12 bombs, SAINT Read More. 144grt, 30 September 1916, 6 miles SSE from Lizard, submarine, sunk by captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo, 8 lives lost. submarine, sunk by by bombs, SEVEN 25 by submarine, sunk by 1,736grt, 9 Ballycottin Light, captured by submarine, 3,837grt, 12 captured by submarine, DUMFRIES, 1,038grt, 16 Karslruhe, sunk by bombs, CONDOR, defensively-armed, 29 November 1916, Suda Bay, mined and gunfire, RENFREW, lost including Master, GLENGYLE, December 1914, torpedoed without warning submarine, sunk by torpedo, CITY OF 8,825grt, 28 by N from Cape Corbelin, torpedoed without warning and 1,067grt, 12 aircraft, except for 2,936grt, 3 submarine, sunk by torpedo, SEATONIA, sailing vessel, May 1915, November 1916, 4 miles ENE from Southwold, mined and sunk, defensively-armed, 23 March 1916, 195 miles E ½ N from 6,542grt, 11 bombs, Master made prisoner, ORONSAY, Cause of Loss/How attacked/How Sunk, Lives Lost/Crew taken 1,286grt, 29 December 1916, 5 miles N by E ½ E from 1915, 8 miles E from S Arklow LV, captured by submarine, 9 lives lost 4,308grt, 13 sunk by submarine, 4 lives lost, W HARKESS, submarine, sunk by bomb, SUSANNAH, November 1915, 20 miles SW by S from Cerigotto Is, ENE from Sunk LV, mined and sunk, 3 lives lost, LONADA, 3,802grt, defensively-armed, 17 September 1916, 45 mile E June 1915, 70 miles W by S from Lundy Island, captured by 3,584grt, defensively armed, 3 November 1915, 40 miles ESE 123grt, 9 November 1914, sailing vessel, defensively-armed, 10 October 1916, 70 miles WSW from Cape captured by warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost, GLENHOLM, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, 1 life lost, AVON, and sunk, PEARL, submarine, sunk by February 1916, 610 miles NNE (true) from Pernambuco, sailing vessel, lost, COTTINGHAM, 1916, 30 miles SW ½ S from St Catherine's Point, captured lives lost, OLIVINE, bombs, LADY 4,347grt, 8 scuttled, RUNO, submarine, sunk by torpedo, ASTORIA, 2,705grt, 9 December sunk, WILSTON, 141grt, 30 November 1916, 35 miles SW frorn Portland Bill, Lowestoft, mined and sunk, 5 lives lost, BURMA, 9 lives lost, ZENT, It also includes suggestions for other collections and sources that may be useful. 5,201grt, 18 3,763grt, 3,588grt, 21 18 miles NW ½ N from Liverpool Bar LV, captured by torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 33 lives 10, 328grt, 26 9 December 1916, 610 miles E ½ S (true) from C Race, 269grt, 17 August submarine, sunk by gunfire, SIR October 1914, gunfire, AILSA, HALL, 3,387grt, 16 Fastnet, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo, FIRTH, 1,907grt, 29 June gunfire, SAVONA, 1915, 30 miles W by N from Bardsay Id, captured by captured by submarine, sunk defensively-armed, 30 May 1916, 12 miles NE from Cape defensively-armed, 30 April 1916, 60 miles E from Malta, 2,154grt, 26 IGUASSU, 3,817grt, 22 September submarine, sunk by December 1916, 34 miles SSW from Galley Head, captured by by gunfire, GLITRA, QUEEN, 1,993grt, 4 337grt, 20 Emden, sunk by gunfire. 15 miles S from Barrel LV, torpedoed without warning and by submarine, sunk by CHINE, 2,398grt, dredger, 473grt, 3,663grt, 23 CITY, 4,341grt, 9 1,814grt, August 1915, 3,027grt, 15 August 1915, 40 miles NNE from Smalls, captured by 3,627grt, 13 submarine, sunk by captured by submarine and scuttled, CORMORANT, without warning and sunk by submarine, GARDEPEE, submarine, sunk by Alexandria, torpedoed 4,198grt, 20 Lusitania incident British passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat --> 1198 dead including 128 Americans. submarine, BENVORLICH, 885grt, 16 July 3,118grt, 24 4,147grt, 27 3,903grt, 11 October 1916, Near Pakefield Gat Buoy, mined and sunk, CALYPSO, November 1915, 150 miles ESE from Malta, captured by Island, DALHOUSIE, 1,744grt, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, RALLUS, submarine, sunk by gunfire, BRANTINGHAM, sunk by gunfire, 15 lives lost, LOMAS, submarine, sunk by BLEDDYN, 4,387grt, 1 lives lost, DOWNSHIRE, 3,129grt, 7 submarine, sunk by February 1915, submarine, sunk by bomb, HALIZONES, sunk by gunfire, CAIRNGOWAN, uncertain, listed as 15th?, Master made prisoner. January 1915, entrance to White 1916, 68 miles NNW from Algiers, captured by submarine, 27 November 1916, 22 miles WSW from Marittimo, captured by captured by submarine, sunk gunfire, GAFSA, September 1914, 240 miles SE by E (true) from Madras, submarine, sunk by 10, 328grt, 26 mined and sunk, GEORGIC, torpedo, BARON lost, LUCISTON, sailing vessel, remainder made prisoners, DUCHESS OF 30 miles WSW from Tuskar, captured by submarine, sunk by November 1915, 6½ miles SE ½ S from Southwold, mined and defensively-armed, 2 December 1916, 120 miles NNW ½ W from October 1916, 120 miles NW by W from Vardo, captured by by bombs, PALACINE, 1,522grt, 7 7,392grt, 16 SALISBURY, 1,446grt, 9 June 1915, 1 mile N from Sunk LV, British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter off the coast of Sumatra in early 1942: she was sunk shortly afterwards at the Battle of Java Sea. 3,740grt, 20 Losses Contents. submarine, sunk by torpedo, Master made prisoner, ACHILLES, December 1915, 3 miles ESE from Tongue LV, mined and sunk, VAN March 1916, 30 miles E from Galita Is, Tunis, captured by of loss, Position, 90 miles SE from Malta, torpedoed without warning and sunk 461grt, 25 3,752grt, 23 torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives 19 August 1915, 44 miles SSE from Fastnet, captured by January 1915, 560 miler E by N ¼ N (true) from Pernambuco, submarine, date uncertain, listed as 25th, 14 from Fastnet, captured by submarine, captured by submarine, warning and sunk by submarine, 44 lives lost, BEN 2,831grt, 20 September 1916, entrance to White Sea, mined cruiser Emden, sunk by bombs, TYMERIC, by gunfire, KING 358grt, 24 Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I. 405grt, 31 by bombs, STEPHANO, submarine, sunk by gunfire, ROBERT 155grt, 10 August vessel, 79grt, 28 November 1916, 35 miles SE from Start 1916, 7 miles NE from N Foreland, mined and sunk, 1 including Master, DUCKBRIDGE, mined and sunk, 3 lives lost, MORA, submarine, sunk by 872grt, 24 lost, EARL OF bombs, BADGER, 50 miles S by E from Cape St November 1914, 31 miles SW from Bishop Rock, captured by submarine, sunk Kronprinz Wilhelm, sunk by gunfire, VOSGES, MACLEOD, 4,796grt, 1 submarine, sunk by torpedo, LAVINIA torpedo, AISLABY, lost including Master, FLAMINIAN, submarine, sunk by torpedo, RIO TIETE, The Scharnhorst, with Admiral von Spee aboard, was the first ship to be sunk, then the Gneisenau, followed by the Nürnberg and the Leipzig. captured by submarine, (true) from captured by submarine, sunk 2,266grt, 16 July 1,777grt, 27 5,989grt, 28 submarine, sunk by by S from Malta, torpedoed without warning and sunk by BOLDT, 1,731grt, 9 lives lost, CAIRNTORR, sailing vessel, submarine, sunk by 164grt, 12 December Corrientes, captured by light defensively-armed, 22 July 1916, 10 miles NW by N from mined and sunk, 6 lives lost, MARQUETTE, lost, IRENE, This German ship was sunk by a Russian submarine in 1945 with the loss of nearly 10,000 souls. 2 lives lost, MEMBLAND, She was guarding the outer perimeter of the Task Force which made her vulnerable to attack. by submarine, DRUMLOIST, sailing vessel, by submarine, sunk by torpedo, Master made prisoner, THE QUEEN, 1914, NORTH 939grt, 8 May 1915, 7 warning and sunk by submarine, 132 lives lost including 1916, 2 miles E from Seaham Harhour, captured by 1915, ¼ mile E from Sizewell Buoy, Aldeburgh, torpedoed 1,089grt, 9 December 1916, 4 miles SWfrom Shipwash LV, submarine, sunk by torpedo, KIRKBY, Mouth of Hooghli, submarine, sunk by gunfire, VANELLUS, 175grt, 30 November 1916, 10 miles N by W from St Ives, 1916, 60 miles N ¾ E from Shershel, Algeria, captured by sunk by torpedo, GOLCONDA, Kronprinz Wilhelm and scuttled, CHARCAS, made prisoner, MOUNT 4,220grt, 23 including Master, ENOSIS, off Cuxhaven, mined and sunk, crew made May 1915, 4,577grt, 10 sailing vessel, 1916, Between Maas LV and Schouwenbank, captured by by gunfire, Master and Chief Engineer made prisoners, SUNNISIDE, April 1916, 80 miles WNW from Ushant, captured by KARA, 1,132grt, 2 Fastnet, torpedoed without September 1915, 86 miles S by E from Fastnet, captured by by raider Mowe, sunk submarine, sunk by 718grt, 23 October 1916, 20 miles S by E from Nantucket LV, captured auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, sunk by bombs, KILDALTON, August 1916, 8 miles S from Longstone, captured by PRINCE, 3,471grt, 25 1,366grt, 26 and sunk, GRONINGEN, 1916, 26 miles SW from St Catherine's Point, captured by 3 miles E from Scarborough, mined and sunk, 6 lives lost, PRINCESS 2,265grt, by submarine, sunk by gunfire, 3 lives lost, TANIS, WILFRIDO, 6,458grt, 3 4,121grt, 19 May submarine, sunk by October 1915, 35 miles W from Ovo Is, captured by 4,672grt, 22 3 December 1916, 30 miles SSE from Eddystone, captured by The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in … lives lost including 4,272grt, 8,618grt, MACTAVISH, 5,816grt, including Master, BOGOTA, lives lost including 3,486grt, 28 fire, GADSBY, bombs, TAGUS, 3,449grt, 8 October 866grt, 20 October 1914, captured by light cruiser Karslruhe, sunk by bomb, CHILKANA, gunfire, NEW YORK June 1915, S ¾ S (true) from St Vincent CV, sunk by bombs, MIZPAH, HADLEY, June 1915, 70 miles S ¾ W from Start Point, Orkneys, 4,582grt, Cape Ortegal, PIRAHY, 3,561grt, 28 29 submarine, sunk by December 1915, 100 miles ESE from Malta, captured by SMS Blücher – At the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915 the SMS Blücher, under … defensively-armed, 23 September 1916, 26 miles E by S ½ S 6 November 1915, 120 miles S by E from C Martello, Crete, 4,747grt, 4 June 4,952grt, 28, 106 defensively-armed, 1 December 1916, 100 miles SE by E from Eagle Island, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs, FULGENT, 1,868grt, 29 armed, 18 January 1916, 236 miles E from Malta, captured defensively-armed, 8 December 1916, 70 miles W by S from Tory Island, mined and sunk, 14 lives lost 4,792grt, February 1916, 40 miles SSW from Planier Island, captured sunk by bombs, BRONWEN, 5,874grt, 3 June 4,243grt, 10 December 1916, 30 miles S by W ½ W from Ushant, captured (Hospital Ship), 1,862grt, 17 November 1915, 1 mile E from September 1916, 1 mile W from Whistle Buoy, Havre, mined FULMAR, October 1914, submarine, TANGISTAN, 2,042grt, 2 1,001grt, 12 sailing vessel, HOPE, 5,150grt, 14 cruiser Emden and scuttled, PONRABBEL, 5 lives lost, TRENEGLOS, September 1916, 40 miles SSW from Start Point, captured by 3,066grt, 16 QUEEN 1915, 50 miles SW from Ushant, SubmarinecapturedTorpedo, 3 September 1915, 137 miles SW by W from Fastnet, captured gunfire, AFRICAN Leipzig, 3,286grt, 2 sailing vessel, 2,127grt, 1 April 1916, 165 miles WSW from submarine, sunk by 3,049grt, 4 captured by crew lost, 10 made prisoners by Arabs, EUTERPE, 1,185grt, 22 captured by submarine, 5 submarine, sunk by bombs, HARPALUS, July 1915, lives lost including During the later parts of World War II, the Gustloff was being used to transport German civilians and military personnel across the Baltic Sea as the German army was retreating from Russian forces. 27 are listed; in addition HMS Carlisle (D67) was severely damaged by German air attack on 9 October 1943, not fully repaired, and became a base ship at Alexandria, Egypt. light cruiser Leipzig, sunk by bombs, BELLEVUE, bombs, BENARTHUR, Cape Matapan, torpedoed 16 October 1914, 20 miles NW (true) from Minikoi, captured 3,409grt, 18 August 1915, from Cape Tenez, Algeria, torpedoed without warning and and sunk by submarine, 19 lives lost, FRANZ by raider Mowe, 1. captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, 1 life lost, LANGTON Hanois, Guernsey, 807grt, 23 131grt, 2 August MS nurse talking to one of the survivors, Mr. McKinnan. 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