Ships hit during WWI

Aboukir

NameAboukir
TypeSteamer
GRT3,660 tons
Country  British
Built1906
BuilderJ. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland
OperatorClydesdale Shipowners Co., Ltd. (Glen & Co.), Glasgow
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Aboukir


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
13 Feb 1918UB 48 (Wolfgang Steinbauer)Sunk20 miles ExS of Cape Creus
42° 20'N, 3° 40'E
Naples - Gibraltar
in ballast
0

Master taken prisoner.

Position of attack on Aboukir


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