Ships hit during WWI

Bayonne

NameBayonne
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,589 tons
Country  French
Built1901
BuilderChant. et Atel. de Saint Nazaire, Saint Nazaire
OperatorSoc. Anon. des Voiliers Normands (Prentout-Leblond Leroux & Cie.), Rouen
HistoryShip-rigged, steel-hulled sailing vessel.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Bayonne


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
117 Feb 1917U 84 (Walter Roehr)SunkStopped and scuttled 25 miles off Start Point

New York - Ipswich
3300 t. maize and barley
0

Capt. Thoumire, master of the vessel, later took command of Q-Ship Normandy


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