Ships hit during WWI

Longscar

NameLongscar
TypeSteamer
GRT2,777 tons
Country  British
Built1903
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorT. W. Willis, West Hartlepool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Longscar


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
114 Feb 1917UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel)Sunk15 miles SW of the Gironde’s mouth
45.25N, 01.55W
Nantes - Bilbao
in ballast
0

2 gunners taken prisoner.

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