Ships hit during WWI

Muirfield

NameMuirfield
TypeSteamer
GRT3,086 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderJ. Readhead & Sons, South Shields
OperatorDoughty Shipping Co., Ltd. (H. Doughty & Co.), West Hartlepool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Muirfield


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
112 Jul 1917U 49 (Richard Hartmann)Sunk350 miles NW of Fastnet. 54.08N, 18.40W per KTB
50° 30'N, 18° 30'W
Portland, Ore. - Dublin
wheat
2

Chief officer and radio operator taken prisoner.

Position of attack on Muirfield


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