Ships hit during WWI

Willow Branch

NameWillow Branch
TypeQ-ship
GRT3,314 tons
Country  British
Built1892
BuilderBartram, Haswell & Co., Sunderland
OperatorRoyal Navy
HistoryPeace-time operator: Nautilus Steam Shipping Co., Ltd. (F. & W. Ritson), Sunderland

U-boat attacks on Q-ship Willow Branch


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Apr 1918U 153 (Gernot Goetting)Sunkoff Cape Blanc, West Africa
21° 00'N, 17° 56'W


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with U 154

Position of attack on Willow Branch


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