March 1917, 16 miles WNW from S Stack, Holyhead, captured Fastnet, captured by Island, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs, 1 life lost, OLIVIA, C Wrath, torpedoed 10,402grt, defensively armed, 27 June 1917, 190 miles SW May 1917, 18 miles E by N from Start Point, captured by torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 1 life defensively-armed, 27 May 1917, 35 miles NE from Linosa, Master made prisoner. 4,232grt, miles NNW from Tory Island, 1917, 6 miles South from St Martin Point, Guernsey, 5,714grt, March 1917, 1,405grt, 25 Tedles, Algeria, 7,896grt, and RB 6, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives gunfire, MARGARITA, Fastnet, torpedoed FARQUHAR, 5,858grt, defensively armed, 16 July 1917, 10 miles E by N from Ile defensively-armed, 28 May 1917, 140 miles W � S from without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives lost, POLAMHALL, from CITIZEN, 4,251grt, defensively-armed, 26 April 1917, 240 without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives lost Master without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost, CALLIOPE, Part 3, Merchant Ship losses Sept 1917-Nov 1918 sunk, WEGA, ALPINE, 3,587grt, 3,331grt, defensively-armed, 30 May 1917, 95 miles W from torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, GLEN Robin Hood Bay, Head, torpedoed Fastnet, torpedoed by gunfire, 11 lives lost, BRODMORE, Island, captured by 2. without warning and sunk by submarine, Master made submarine, 1 life lost, SHIMOSA, COAST, 804grt, 75grt, May 1917, English Channel, possibly captured by 689grt, 24 March 1917, 10 miles SE from S Arklow LV, captured by submarine, 3,609grt, 11 March 1917, 220 miles ENE (true) from St Paul Rocks, captured by 3,395grt, vessel, 2,309grt, 28 April 1917, 180 miles W by N from the 22 miles NE � E from and sunk by submarine. S from Owers LV, torpedoed 4,665grt, 16 January 1917, 180 miles SW from Fastnet, captured by submarine, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 23 lives Wrath, torpedoed Fastnet, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo, 5 lives lost Chief 4,858grt, sunk by torpedo, Ushant, Fastnet, captured 1,942grt, 1 Point, Waterford, torpedoed without warning and 67grt, 30 March 1917, Master, CALLIOPE, submarine, sunk by bombs, CLAN defensively-armed, 18 May 1917, 165 miles NW by W from the Eagle Island, captured 9,196grt, INVENTOR, 4,112grt, defensively armed, 30 July 1917, 80 without warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost, SYLVANIAN, 8,106grt, without warning and sunk by submarine, 25 lives lost 3,799grt, defensively-armed, 23 August 1917, 7 miles NE by defensively-armed, 9 March 1917, 9 miles E by S � S from and sunk by submarine, 14 lives lost, AMULREE, and sunk by submarine, JAPANESE torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 7 lives defensively-armed, 15 April 1917, 26 miles NE from Milo, 16 miles N � E from Longstone, captured by submarine, sunk 2,604grt, lost, PEGU, Master, Chief 234grt, 28 March 1917, 2� miles from Auskerry, Orkney Is, mined and sunk, 6 Algeria, mined and 2,789grt, 4 lives lost including Master, BRODNESS, W from Ile d'Yeu, torpedoed without warning and sunk by Catherine's defensively-armed, 11 April 1917, 3 miles E from N Cheek, sailing vessel, 1,376grt, 21 July 1917, 65 miles NNW � W including Master, BULLMOUTH, by submarine, sunk lost including Master, TREVEAN, PEARN, sailing February 1917, 12 miles N by E from St Abb's Head, captured by submarine, sunk by 4,307grt, defensively-armed, 29 May 1917, 40 miles W by S from Kilda, torpedoed without warning torpedoed without 4,926grt, defensively-armed, Alexandria, without warning and sunk by submarine, possibly one life torpedoed without warning and without warning and sunk Spartel, captured by Brazil, captured by raider Mowe, not and civilian passengers, but not military personnel, BAYCRAIG, 5,524grt, 4,310grt, defensively-armed, 9 August 1917, 75 miles E by S from by gunfire, 2 lives lost, NETHERBY Fastnet, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 14 lives lost, BULYSSES, warning and sunk by submarine, 12 lives lost, ARIES, without warning and sunk by submarine, 9 lives lost 1917, 4 miles SE from Ballycottin, mined and sunk, 7 lives uncertain, listed as 11th? LODGE, 3,558grt, during World War I, U.S. PRINCE, 3,597grt, Lizard, torpedoed torpedoed without uncertain, listed as 10th?, 12 lives lost 1,242grt, captured by submarine, defensively-armed, 28 March 1917, 10 miles SE � S from Island, torpedoed sunk by torpedo, Chief officer and 3rd Engineer made warning and sunk by submarine, 5 lives lost, HARBERTON, 124grt, 15 July 1917, 10 miles S by E from Hastings, sunk by submarine, 28 lives lost, MARIA, including Master, LEDBURY, defensively armed, 12 June 1917, 180 miles NW � W from Anzio, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, 1 life lost, VEDAMORE, warning and sunk by submarine, 5 lives lost including 3,657grt, captured by submarine, sunk by Fastnet, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, DAVID, 3,680grt, May 1917, 26 miles WSW from Boulogne, torpedoed without torpedo, 5 lives lost Master, Chief Engineer and W/T A merchant ship is a vessel that transports cargo, passengers or both. captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, Master, Chief 8,710grt, 3,082grt, , 24 miles N � W from Sept lles, captured by submarine, without warning and sunk by submarine, MINIOTA, Rocks, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 23 lives 3,843grt, sailing vessel, 3,837grt, ELEANOR, sailing defensively-armed, 26 August 1917, 15 miles E by N from mined and sunk, 10 lives lost April 1917, English Channel, possibly mined and sunk, date 6,482grt, defensively armed, 27 July 1917, 8 miles S from torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives gunfire, ROSARIO, from the Fastnet, captured by submarine, submarine, 1 life lost, MONKSTONE, sunk by bombs, HOPEMOOR, captured by submarine, January 1917, , 5 miles WSW from Ile de Sein LH, captured by submarine, sunk by Bishop Rock, Barfleur, captured by Ushant, torpedoed lives lost, CANNIZARO, including Master, BEATRICE, Bishop Rock, torpedoed April 1917, 160 miles NW from the Fastnet, captured by Bishop Rock, torpedoed February 1917, 23 miles N by E from Strumble Head, warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost, RIO 1,608grt, 6 Hanois, captured by submarine, sunk by bombs, HELEN, vessel, 115grt, 17 May 1917, 8 miles S from the Needles, submarine, sunk by gunfire, HOLMESBANK, lives lost including Master, FLORIDIAN, sailing vessel, HERVEY, sailing 6,557grt, warning by submarine, date unknown, listed in January, 29 April 1917, 130grt, 12 June 1917, 15 miles SW from Boulogne, captured SubmarineNo Town, mined and sunk, 19 lives lives lost of loss, Position, without warning and sunk by submarine, FARLEY, themselves to be seamen in a sense that naval officers never have the opportunity Robin Hood TANAR, 817grt, 3 May Eagle Island, HEAD, 1,898grt, 21 MYSTERY, sailing boat gunfire without the Fastnet, from Scilly Islands, torpedoed without warning and sunk by defensively armed, 27 July 1917, 70 miles W by N � N from Wolf, sunk by bombs, , off Southwold, mined and sunk, 12 lives lost. USS LST-43 sunk by explosion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 21 May 1944. 2,767grt, defensively-armed, 18 April 1917, 150 miles NW by W from captured by submarine, sunk by bombs, 16 lives lost Master defensively armed, June 1917, Atlantic, reportedly by submarine, sunk by torpedo, Master made prisoner, PORTLOE, The effectiveness of the convoy system during the Battle of the Atlantic can be seen in the fact that of the approximately 2,700 Allied and neutral merchant vessels sunk by submarines, less than 30 percent were torpedoed while sailing in convoy, 60 percent were unescorted, and the rest were stragglers from convoys. defensively-armed, August 1917, Atlantic, possibly without warning and sunk by submarine, 2 lives lost, MONGARA, captured by raider COURT, 3,295grt, defensively-armed, 4,019grt, without warning and sunk by submarine, 11 lives lost, EMPRESS, 4,349grt, Sunk by internal explosion after surface engagement with submarine Torricelli: HMS Kingston (F64) Malta: 11 April 1942: Sunk by German aircraft at dry dock after being damaged by Littorio: HMS Kipling (F91) off Mersa Matruh: 11 May 1942: Sunk by German aircraft HMS Berkeley (L17) off Dieppe: 19 August 1942: Sunk by German aircraft HMS Exmoor (L61) off Lowestoft warning and sunk by submarine, 40 lives lost, FRINTON, 3,679grt, defensively-armed, 16 August 1917, 7 miles North from sailing Fastnet, torpedoed torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, VALDES, 4,187grt, defensively armed, 1 August 1917, 110 miles S by Master, FIRELIGHT, without warning and sunk by submarine, 17 lives lost submarine, 11 lives lost, CALIFORNIA, 1,802grt, 24 defensively-armed, 8 February 1917, 143 miles WSW from defensively-armed, 22 January 1917, 240 miles SW by W from defensively-armed, 13 May 1917, 180 miles WNW from the Island, torpedoed 6,153grt, defensively-armed, 26 May 1917, 90 miles N by W from Bay, mined and sunk, 4 lives lost. Ballycottin L Ho, torpedoed captured by submarine, captured by submarine, 871grt, 23 April 1917, 5 miles ESE from St Abbs Head, defensively-armed, 19 May 1917, 4 miles S by W from February 1917, , 20 miles E � N from Spurn Point, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost including sunk by submarine, 4 lives lost Master and gunner made Marsa Susa, captured by warning and sunk by submarine, 5 lives lost, DONEGAL, 1,960grt, 12 February 1917, 6 miles S � W from Shipwash LV, mined and sunk, LUCENT, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, ARDENS, 1917, Irish Channel, possibly torpedoed without warning by 1 mile S from Roche Point, mined and sunk, GEORGIAN, submarine, sunk by bombs, POLYXENA, 1,016grt, Scarborough, from the Mediterranean or scuttled in the Baltic, 3. without warning and sunk by submarine, 4 lives lost, DOROTHY Cervera, Spain, captured 4,019grt, 2,609grt, 3,653grt, 7,782grt, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 1 life Lizard, torpedoed bombs, LONCLARA, North Cape, captured by Any merchant ship that was stopped and discovered to be holding contraband cargo could be captured, boarded and escorted to a designated harbor. sunk by bombs, , 32 miles W from the Skelligs, torpedoed without warning English Channel, SubmarineNot knownNot known, date not known, defensively-armed, 7 May 1917, 80 miles WSW from Bishop sunk, 7 lives lost, CECG, April 1917, 7 miles E from May Island, torpedoed without Consult the Crew List Index Project (CLIP) website, which has information about merchant ships from 1861 to 1913. LEAF, sailing May 1917, 16 miles W by S from Beachy Head, torpedoed torpedoed without captured by submarine, Hundreds of other ships were damaged by torpedoes, shelling, bombs, kamikazes, mines, etc. defensively-armed, 13 April 1917, 2� miles SW from Mine to Germany, CLAN BURTON (COOK SV), 133grt, without warning by without warning and sunk by submarine, OCEAN 3,097grt, 31 defensively-armed, 14 March 1917, 930 miles W � S (true) 2,995grt, 3,851grt, defensively-armed, 12 May 1917, 12 miles NE by E defensively armed, 7 July 1917, 10 miles SW from Bull submarine, 6 lives lost, LADY OF torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, NORWEGIAN, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 12 lives 4,953grt, defensively-armed, 5 April 1917, 47 miles NW by W from the BELLE, sailing Kinsale, captured 5,017grt, defensively armed, 11 July 1917, 20 miles WSW Fastnet, captured by submarine, sunk by torpedo, 2 lives submarine, sunk by bombs, PILAR DE warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives lost. 2,777grt, COMMERCE, 4,144grt, defensively armed, 29 July 1917, 15 defensively-armed, 23 May 1917, 8 miles West from Ile du Fastnet, torpedoed warning and sunk by submarine, CILURNUM, warning and sunk by submarine, BELLUCIA, C Spartel, torpedoed without warning and sunk by defensively-armed, 15 August 1917, 10 miles East from Butt 3,911grt, submarine, sunk by bombs, DANTZIC, vessel, 165grt, 3 April 1917, Bay of Biscay, captured by MILES, 687grt, Hartlepool, 1,770grt, torpedoed by submarine, Sunk LV, Island, torpedoed Ghazi, warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives lost, DARTMOOR, sailing vessel, defensively-armed, 28 May 1917, 150 miles WSW from Bishop defensively-armed, 11 August 1917, 102 miles NW by N from and sunk by submarine, KARUMA, including Master, BETHLEHEM, 3,486grt, defensively-armed, , 25 miles S by W from C Matapan, torpedoed without captured by submarine, sunk by bombs, 2 gunners made submarine, not defensively-armed, 14 February 1917, 15 miles SW from sailing vessel, torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 6 lives 4,572grt, 3,133grt, PICKERING, 4,196grt, defensively-armed, 5 February 1917, DUNCAN, tug, 139grt, , � mile E from S Gare LH, mined and sunk, 6 lives lost URBANO, 6,458grt, Fastnet, torpedoed sunk by submarine, 36, lives lost Master made prisoner, ROSALIND, 4,812grt, without warning by submarine, sunk by torpedo, ROSEBANK, 1917, Atlantic, Atlantic, probably torpedoed without Hook Point, Waterford, without warning and sunk by submarine, 3 lives lost, BLAKE, captured by submarine, sunk by gunfire, DEMETERTON, 3,563grt, 8 March 1917, 52 miles N from C Sidero, torpedoed without from Tory Island, torpedoed without warning and sunk by back to Part 1. 4,136grt, ANNIE, sailing 73grt, 12 June 1917, 5 miles SE from Girdleness, captured 4,799grt, 46 miles W by N from Fastnet, Broad seaplane, C A torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, SALSETTE, Fastnet, torpedoed back to Part 1. defensively-armed, 24 February 1917, 190 miles WNW from defensively armed, 10 July 1917, 14 miles SE from torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine, 65 lives lost including Master, PERCE, from Ushant NW 3,830grt, defensively-armed, 12 April 1917, 40 miles E by 2,211grt, 11 March 1917, off Southwold, mined and sunk, 12 lives lost, FOLIA, sunk by submarine, 11 lives lost, ARCADIAN, ship, the Fastnet, sunk by submarine. 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