Ships hit during WWI

Petronilla Madre

NamePetronilla Madre
TypeSailing vessel
GRT43 tons
Country  Italian
Built1886
Builder???, Pisa
OperatorVizzi Rosario, Trapani
HistoryWooden schooner. Formerly Costanza.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Petronilla Madre


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
13 Jun 1917U 39 (Walter Forstmann)SunkStopped and sunk by gunnery in the Straits of Sicily.






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