Ships hit during WWI

Vimeira

NameVimeira
TypeSteamer
GRT5,884 tons
Country  British
Built1914
BuilderRussell & Co., Port Glasgow
OperatorVimeira SS. Co., Ltd. (Gow, Harrison & Co.), Glasgow
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Vimeira


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
112 May 1918UC 54 (Heinrich XXXVII Prinz Reuß zu Köstritz)Sunk16 miles WSW of Lampedusa Island
35° 23'N, 12° 19'E
Tyne - Alexandria
coal & coke
0

in a Bizerta - Alexandria convoy

Position of attack on Vimeira


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