Ships hit during WWI

Baron Tweedmouth

NameBaron Tweedmouth
TypeSteamer
GRT5,007 tons
Country  British
Built1907
BuilderNapier & Miller, Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorHogarth Shipping Co., Ltd. (H. Hogarth & Sons), Liverpool (Ardrossan)
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Baron Tweedmouth


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
130 May 1916U 39 (Walter Forstmann)SunkCaptured and sunk by gunfire 25 miles NExN of Cape Carbon.
37.10N, 05.15E
Clyde - Alexandria
coal
0

37.04N, 05.20E per KTB

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