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Grèbe was a 204 grt fishing trawler built in 1907 by Smith’s Dock Co. Ltd, North Shields and owned in 1914 and 1921 by Cie. Lorientaise de Chalutage. She was registered in Lorient. Sources: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1920/1921 and the Bureau Veritas Registre International de Classification de Nav...

Bonsoir à tous, The sinking of Houlgate has recently been reassessed to UB 40 (Oblt.z.S. Karl Neumann). Bit of a strange case — UB 40 stopped Grenada and steamer it couldn't identify [ Houlgate ] simultaneously by gunfire. Both of the crews left their ships. An approaching destroyer forced UB 40 to ...

Bonjour à tous, Per the 1915/16 and 1918/19 editions of Lloyd's Register of Shipping , Sirena was a 262 grt schooner built in 1858 in Granville and rebuilt in 1877. The owner per the 1915/16 edition was A.F. Andersson. The port of registry was Vätö By the 1918/19 edition, the owner had changed to P....

Bonjour à tous,

uboat.net's description of MORNING STAR is taken from the 1917/1918 edition of Lloyd's Register of Shipping.

Best wishes,
Michael

Bonjour à tous, The Allied sinking attribution for UB 70 w was that she was depth charged on May 8, 1918 by the destroyer HMS Basilisk and the armed yacht USS Lydonia north of Algiers at 38°08'N, 3°02'E. The U-boat Basilisk and Lydonia attacked was, however, not UB 70 but rather U 38 . Best wishes, ...

Bonjour, As for the September 27, 1917 loss date for UC 21 given by Miramar, that is the postwar Royal Navy sinking attribution for UC 21 . It is clearly wrong. The British had (incorrectly) decided that UC 6 was sunk in an air attack but then needed to explain submarine wreckage found at 51°30’N, 1...

Bonjour, I'm writing a book on WWI U-boat losses. Here's the entry on UC 21 which addresses the issues raised above: UC 21 UCII class minelayer CO: Oblt.z.S Werner von Zerboni di Sposetti (Crew 1908)(lost) Casualties: All 27 crew lost Last contact: Sailing from Zeebrugge on the morning of September ...

<t>Bonjour à tous, Bonjour Olivier,<br/> <br/> First of all, thanks for getting a hold of these documents. Like Oliver, I've never come across any details of this action. It's not mentioned in any of the usual sources, including Spindler or Robert Grant's various books. The mention in Dwight Messime...

Tibor was built in 1900 by R. Craggs & Sons, Middlesbrough for the Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co. Adria, Ltd., Fiume. The steamer was of 2,727 grt.

Best wishes,
Michael

<r>Bonjour, <br/> <br/> <I><s>[i]</s>Alicia B. Crosby <e>[/i]</e></I>was built in 1889 by E.S. Crosby in Bath, Maine.<br/> <br/> Source: <I><s>[i]</s>Record of American and Foreign Shipping<e>[/i]</e></I>, 1909 edition also <I><s>[i]</s>Lloyd's Record of Shipping<e>[/i]</e></I>, 1903/1904 edition.<b...