Ships hit during WWI

Louvain

NameLouvain
TypeArmed boarding steamer
GRT1,830 tons
Country  British
Built1897
BuilderEarle’s SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Hull
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryPeace-time operator: Great Eastern Railway Company, Harwich

U-boat attacks on Armed boarding steamer Louvain


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
120 Jan 1918UC 22 (Carl Bünte)SunkTorpedoed and sunk in the Kelos Strait, Aegean Sea
37° 38'N, 24° 10'E

troops
224

Position of attack on Louvain


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