Ships hit during WWI

Rockcliffe

NameRockcliffe
TypeSteamer
GRT3,073 tons
Country  British
Built1904
BuilderJ. Readhead & Sons, South Shields
OperatorCliffe SS. Co., Ltd. (G. T. Readhead & Co.), South Shields
HistoryChartered to the Imperial Russian Navy as a transport.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Rockcliffe


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
12 Jul 1916U 38 (Max Valentiner)SunkVardane, Black Sea






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