Ships hit during WWI

Mecklenburg

NameMecklenburg
TypePassenger steamer
GRT2,885 tons
Country  Dutch
Built1909
BuilderFairfield SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorN.V. Stoomv. Mij. Zeeland, Vlissingen
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Mecklenburg


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
127 Feb 1916UC 7 (Georg Haag)SunkMined near the Galloper LV

Tilbury - Vlissingen
passengers


Kplt Gunther Pluschow, the only German POW to escape Britain in either world war, made his escape across the Channel on the Mecklenburg in July 1915.


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