Ships hit during WWI

Lompoc

NameLompoc
TypeTanker
GRT7,270 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderD. & W. Henderson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorBear Creek Oil & Shipping Co., Ltd. (C. T. Bowring & Co., Ltd.), Liverpool
History

U-boat attacks on Tanker Lompoc


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
121 Apr 1918UB 34 (Erich Förste)DamagedTorpedoed S of Longstone

Port Arthur & New York - Rosyth
oil
0

228 Aug 1918UB 77 (Franz Maurer)DamagedTorpedoed 4 miles E of the Tyne

South Shields - ?
in ballast
1

UB 77’s attack is incorrectly listed in Spindler and other sources as sinking Giralda.


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