Ships hit during WWI

Alessandra

NameAlessandra
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,394 tons
Country  Italian
Built1884
BuilderOswald, Mordaunt & Co., Southampton
OperatorAless. Piaggio, Genoa
HistoryIron-hulled ship-rigged sailing vessel. Built as Manydown.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Alessandra


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
115 Mar 1918U 153 (Gernot Goetting)SunkStopped and sunk by gunnery and explosive charge W of Madeira
33° 21'N, 21° 00'W
Gibraltar - New York
in ballast


Position of attack on Alessandra


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