Ships hit during WWI

Columbia


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameColumbia
TypeSteamer
GRT5,570 tons
Country  Danish
Built1915
BuilderA/S Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen
OperatorA/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Columbia


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
11 Aug 1918UC 34 (Hans Schüler)SunkTorpedoed near Port Said
31° 54'N, 31° 20'E
Calcutta - Marseille
general cargo
1

Position of attack on Columbia


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