Ships hit during WWI

Alacrity

NameAlacrity
Typesteamer
GRT1,080 tons
Country  British
Built1883
BuilderCastle Steel & Iron Works Co., Milford Haven
OperatorHarries Bros. & Co., Belfast (Swansea)
History

U-boat attacks on steamer Alacrity


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
131 Mar 1916UB 13 (Arthur Metz)SunkTorpedoed off Southwold.

Le Havre - Seaham Harbour
in ballast
14

Vessel sunk with all hands. Fate reassessed in 2009 based upon British and German documents; the ship UB 13 is credited with sinking in this attack was previously the Norwegian steamer Memento, which actually was mined.


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