Ships hit during WWI

Rye

NameRye
TypeSteamer
GRT986 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderClyde SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Port Glasgow
OperatorLancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co., Goole
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Rye


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
17 Apr 1918UB 74 (Ernst Steindorff)Sunk19 miles NxW1/2W from Cape d’Antifer
49° 57'N, 0° 07'W
Newhaven - Rouen
military stores
4

Position of attack on Rye


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