Ships hit during WWI

Ariel

NameAriel
TypeSteamer
GRT3,428 tons
Country  British
Built1902
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorRickinson, Sons & Co., West Hartlepool
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Ariel


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
13 Oct 1918UB 105 (Rudolf Petersen)Sunk54 miles N of Cape Tenes
37.36N, 01.08E
Sfax - Gibraltar
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SS Ariel was torpedoed in convoy BG68 (Bizerte-Gibraltar) shortly after SS Saint Luc.

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