Ships hit during WWI

Illinois

NameIllinois
TypeTanker
GRT5,225 tons
Country  American
Built1913
BuilderNewport News SB. & DD. Co., Newport News, Va
OperatorThe Texas Company, New York
History

U-boat attacks on Tanker Illinois


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
118 Mar 1917UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel)SunkCaptured and scuttled 20 miles N of Alderney

London - Port Arthur
in ballast
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