Ships hit during WWI

Antaeus

NameAntaeus
TypeSteamer
GRT3,061 tons
Country  British
Built1906
BuilderR. Ropner & Son, Stockton
OperatorEgypt & Levant SS. Co., Ltd. (T. Bowen Rees & Co., Ltd.), London
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Antaeus


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Nov 1917UB 50 (Franz Becker)Sunk42 miles NxW1/2W of Cape Bon. 37.27N, 10.58E per KTB
37.44N, 10.38E
Malta - Bizerta
in ballast
0

Master taken prisoner.

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