Ships hit during WWI

Queenborough

NameQueenborough
TypeTrawler
GRT165 tons
Country  British
Built1898
BuilderMackie & Thomson, Govan
OperatorConsolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co. Ltd., Grimsby
History

U-boat attacks on Trawler Queenborough


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
123 Mar 1917U 86 (Friedrich Crüsemann)SunkSunk by gunnery 106 miles east of Peterhead.
57° 28'N, 1° 32'E


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Crew seen to abandon vessel and sail away in the trawler’s lifeboat, but the lifeboat and crew were not recovered. Vessel posted as missing.

Position of attack on Queenborough


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