Ships hit during WWI

Paquerette

NamePaquerette
TypeSailing vessel (barquentine)
GRT399 tons
Country  French
Built1891
Builderunknown yard in Xiansand
Operatora Morue Française et Sécheries, Fécamp
HistoryCapt. Vedieu. Wooden saiing vessel built as Nanna and as a bark.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel (barquentine) Paquerette


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
12 Apr 1915U 33 (Konrad Gansser)SunkStoped and sunk 18 miles N11°W of Cap d’Antifer
50.20N, 00.16E
Fécamp - Newfoundland
in ballast
0

Halted by gunfire and sunk with a scuttling charge thrown on board after evacuation of her crew.

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