Ships hit during WWI

Akassa

NameAkassa
TypePassenger steamer
GRT3,919 tons
Country  British
Built1910
BuilderIrvine’s SB. & DD. Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorElder Line, Ltd. (Elder Dempster & Co., Ltd.), Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Akassa


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
113 Aug 1917UC 33 (Alfred Arnold)Sunk8 miles SE of Galley Head
51° 23'N, 8° 47'W
Liverpool-West Africa
general cargo & passengers
7

Position of attack on Akassa


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