Ships hit during WWI

Pontiac

NamePontiac
TypeSteamer
GRT3,345 tons
Country  British
Built1903
BuilderNapier & Miller, Ltd., Glasgow
OperatorPontiac SS. Co., Ltd. (J. W. Carmichael & Co., Ltd.), Glasgow / St. John’s, Nfld.
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Pontiac


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
128 Apr 1917UC 74 (Wilhelm Marschall)Sunk70 miles NxE of Marsa Suza
34° 04'N, 22° 06'E
Karachi - Port Said

1

Master, chief engineer, and two gunners taken prisoner.

Position of attack on Pontiac


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