Ships hit during WWI

Daybreak

NameDaybreak
TypeSteamer
GRT3,238 tons
Country  British
Built1911
BuilderW. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
OperatorScarisbrick SS. Co., Ltd. (Elvidge & Morgan), West Hartlepool (Cardiff)
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Daybreak


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
124 Dec 1917U 87 (Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg)Sunk1 mile east of the South Rock LV or 5 miles NE of Ballyquintin, Downs

Huelva - Glasgow
iron ore
21


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