Ships hit during WWI

Ranger

NameRanger
TypeAuxiliary motor
GRT79 tons
Country  British
Built1876
Builder B. Nicholson, Gosport
OperatorHarry Dingle, Portsmouth
HistoryA wooden schooner built as a yacht named Beauseant. Renamed to Ranger in 1900. Retrofitted with a motor in 1913.

U-boat attacks on Auxiliary motor Ranger


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
119 Jul 1918UB 64 (Otto von Schrader)SunkStopped and scuttled 20 miles NW of Barra Head

Fleetwood - Thorshavn
salt, cotton, and mats(?)
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