Ships hit during WWI

Burnby

NameBurnby
TypeSteamer
GRT3,665 tons
Country  British
Built1905
BuilderRopner & Son, Stockton
OperatorR. Ropner & Co., West Hartlepool
HistoryTrunk deck steamer.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Burnby


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
126 Feb 1917U 39 (Walter Forstmann)Sunk20 miles N of Cape Falcon
36.00N, 00.42W
Barry - Algiers
coal
0

Master taken prisoner.

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