Ships hit during WWI

Jersey City

NameJersey City
TypeSteamer
GRT4,670 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderIrvine’s SB. & DD. Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorGreat City SS. Co., Ltd. (W. Reardon Smith & Sons), Bideford
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Jersey City


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
124 May 1917U 46 (Leo Hillebrand)Sunk35 miles NW of Flannan Island, Outer Hebrides. 58.38N, 08.21W per KTB
58.30N, 08.36W
Pensacola - Stornoway
wheat
0

Master taken prisoner.

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