Ships hit during WWI

Warilda

Name Warilda
Type Passenger steamer
GRT 7,713 tons
Country   British
Built 1912
Builder W. Beardmore & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
Operator Adelaide SS. Co., Ltd., Port Adelaide
History Armed ambulance transport carrying casualties when sunk.

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Warilda


Date U-boat Loss type Position Location Route Cargo Casualties
1 3 Aug 1918 UC 49 (Hans Kükenthal) Sunk 32 miles SSW of the Owers LV
50° 10'N, 0° 13'W
Havre - Southampton
casualties
123

Position of attack on Warilda


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