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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - B

NAME
OWNERS
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
BADAGRI Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
2,956
13.7.1918
425 miles WNW from Cape St. Vincent / Liverpool - Sierra Leone Torpedoed by submarine U.91.
BADGER
89
3.8.1916
30 miles SW ½ S from St. Catherine's / not known. Captured and shelled by submarine UB.18 
BADMINTON Radcliffe (Evan Thomas & Co), Cardiff
3,847
23.7.1916
63 miles NE x N from Cape Carbon, Algeria / Torre Annunziata - Algiers Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
BAGDALE T. Smailes & Son, Whitby
3,045
1.5.1917
13 miles NE x E ½ E from Ushant / Clyde - Nantes Torpedoed by submarine UC.66
BAKU STANDARD J. Jacobs & Co, London
3,708
11.2.1918
5 miles S x W ½ W from Tod Head / Greenock - Firth of Forth Torpedoed by submarine UC.58
BALAKANI Lane & Macandrew Ltd, London
3,696
9.9.1915
½ mile SW from S. Longsand buoy / Port Arthur, Texas - London Mined
BALDERSBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,613
28.9.1918
9 miles WE ½ S from Codling lightvessel / Montreal - Avonmouth Torpedoed by submarine UB.91
BALGOWNIE General Steam Nav. Co, London
1,061
6.2.1916
1¾ miles ESE from Sunk Head Buoy / London - Leith Mined
BALGRAY Workman, Arbuckle & Mackinnion, Glasgow
3,603
20.2.1918
38 miles SW x W from Dellimara Point, Malta / Malta - Sfax Torpedoed by submarine UB.52
BALLARAT P & O. Steam Nav. Co, London
11,120
25.4.1917
24 miles S x W from Wolf Rock / Melbourne & Cape Town - London Torpedoed by submarine UB.32
BALLOCHBUIE Aberdeen Lime Co, Aberdeen
921
20.4.1917
7 miles E from May Island / Aberdeen - Sunderland Torpedoed by submarine UC.41
BALLOGIE J & A. Davidson Ltd, Aberdeen
1,207
9.11.1917
1½ miles NE from Filey / Middlesbrough - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine UC.47
BAMSE The Shipping Controller, managed by F. Le Boulanger, Swansea
958
17.4.1918
15 miles W x N from Portland Bill / Rouen - Swansea Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
BAMSE The Shipping Controller, managed by Blow, Richards & Co, Cardiff
1,001
2.10.1918
5½ miles E ¾ N from the Lizard / Swansea - Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine UB.112
BANDON City of Cork S.P. Co, Cork
1,456
13.4.1917
2½ miles SW from Mine Head, Waterford / Liverpool - Cork Torpedoed by submarine UC.33
BANGARTH R & J. H. Rea Ltd, London
1,872
13.12.1917
13 miles NNE from the Tyne / Methil - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine UB.34
BANKFIELDS W. Just & Co, Liverpool
3,763
25.8.1914
Gulf of Guayaquil / Eten, Ecuador - Liverpool Captured by LEIPZIG and shelled
BARBARA Samuel Walton, London
3,740
20.10.1916
25 miles S from Isle of Wight / Philadelphia - West Hartlepool Captured by submarine UB.40 and shelled
BARBARY D. MacIver & Sons, Liverpool
4,185
12.11.1917
56 miles NW x N from Port Said / Newport, Mon. & Milford Haven - Mediterranean Torpedoed by submarine UC.34
BARGANY E. T. Morgan, Cardiff
872
24.12.1916
25 miles N from Ushant / Cardiff - Lorient Captured by submarine UC.17 and shelled
BARNTON Gillespie & Nicol, Glasgow
1858
24.4.1917
40 miles W x S from Chassiron light, near Rochefort / Bilbao - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine UC.21
BARON AILSA H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,836
9.5.1918
18 miles WNW from the Smalls / Queenstown - Barry Torpedoed by submarine UB.72
BARON BALFOUR H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
3,991
28.10.1917
8 miles N from Sem Island, Murmansk / Archangel - Lerwick Torpedoed by submarine U.46
BARON BLANTYRE H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,844
3.10.1917
60 miles NW ¾ W from Cape Finisterre / Clyde - Huelva Torpedoed by submarine U.89
BARON CAWDOR H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
4,316
9.6.1917
150 miles SW x S ½ S from Fastnet / Rangoon - Avonmouth Torpedoed by submarine U.96
BARON ERSKINE H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
5,583
19.8.1915
25 miles NNW from Bishop Rock / Avonmouth - New Orleans Captured by submarine U.38 and torpedoed
BARON GARIOCH H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,831
28.10.1917
5 miles SE from Anvil Point / Calais - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine UC.63
BARON HERRIES H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,610
22.4.1918
43 miles N x W ½ W from Bishop Rock / Huelva - Glasgow Torpedoed by submarine U.91.
BARON OGILVY H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
4,570
27.6.1917
172 miles NW from Tory Island / Montreal - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.93
BARON SEMPILL H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,607
16.1.1917
180 miles SW from Fastnet / Clyde - Huelva Captured by submarine U.44 and sunk with bombs
BARON TWEEDMOUTH H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
5,007
30.5.1916
25 miles NE x N from Cape Carbon, Algeria / Clyde - Alexandria Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
BARON VERNON H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,779
29.5.1916
56 miles NE ½ N from Algiers / Savona - Seville Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
BARON WEMYSS H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,605
7.3.1917
73 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Huelva & Lisbon - Clyde Captured by submarine UC.43 and torpedoed
BARON YARBOROUGH H. Hogarth & Sons, Glasgow
1,784
1.9.1916
27 miles NW from Dragonera Island, Majorca / Glasgow - Savona Captured by submarine U.34 and sunk with bombs
BARRISTER T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
3,679
11.5.1917
7 miles SW from Mine Head, Waterford / Pernambuco - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.49
BARRISTER T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
4,952
19.9.1918
9 miles W ½ N from Chicken Rock / Glasgow & Liverpool - West Indies Torpedoed by submarine UB.64
BARROWMORE Johnston Line
3,832
19.2.1918
53 miles NW x W ¼ W from Bishop Rock / Huelva - Port Talbot Torpedoed by submarine U.94
BARUNGA Commonwealth Gov't of Australia, Melbourne
7,484
15.7.1918
150 miles W x S ½ S from Bishop Rock / London - Australia Torpedoed by submarine U.108
BASUTA David P. Barnett, Cardiff
2,876
8.2.1918
45 miles SSW from the Lizard / Newport, Mon. - Blaye Torpedoed by submarine U.53
BATHURST Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
2,821
30.5.1917
90 miles W from Bishop Rock / West Africa - Hull Captured by submarine U.87 and torpedoed
BATOUM J. Jacobs & Co, London
4,054
19.6.1917
6 miles S from Fastnet / New Orleans - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.61
BAY STATE Rio Cape Line
6,583
10.6.1917
250 miles NW from Fastnet / Boston, Mass. - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.66
BAYANO (Armed Merchant Cruiser) Elders & Fyffes Ltd, Liverpool
5,948
11.3.1915
3 miles off Corsewell Point, North Channel / Government Service Torpedoed by submarine U.27
BAYCHATTAN Sale & Co, London
3,758
11.10.1917
½ mile SSW from Prawle Point / Le Havre - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine UC.50
BAYCRAIG Sale & Co, London
3,761
1.1.1917
84 miles ESE from Malta / Port Louis - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine UC.22
BAYGITANO Sale & Co, London
3,073
18.3.1918
1½ miles SW from Lyme Regis / Le Havre - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine U.77
BAYHALL Sale & Co, London
3,898
17.12.1916
90 miles N x E from Cape Ortegal / Port Louis - Bordeaux Captured by submarine U.46 and sunk with bombs
BAYNAEN Sale & Co, London
3,227
25.3.1917
20 miles NW x W from Belle Isle / Tegal - Nantes Torpedoed by submarine UC.36
BAYNESK Sale & Co, London
3,286
9.1.1917
130 miles N x W from Alexandria / Port Louis - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine U.39
BAYSOTO Sale & Co, London
3,082
6.8.1917
33 miles SE x E from Girdleness / Archangel - Tyne & Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine UC.42
BAYVOE Sale & Co, London
2,979
9.1.1918
10 miles S from Iles de Glenan / Portland, Maine - Bordeaux Torpedoed by submarine U.84
BEACHY Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
4,718
18.6.1916
98 miles NE x E from Port Mahon / Calcutta & Marseilles - Hull Captured by submarine U.35 and torpedoed
BEACON LIGHT C. T. Bowring, London
2,768
19.2.1918
15 miles SE from Butt of Lewis / Liverpool - Scapa Flow Torpedoed by submarine U.91.
BEATRICE Thomas D. John, Cardiff
712
20.7.1917
10 miles E x S from the Lizard / Penarth - Honfleur Torpedoed by submarine UC.47
BEAUFRONT Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
1,720
6.1.1917
76 miles NW x W from Ushant / Bilbao - Tees Captured by submarine U.82 and torpedoed
BEAUMARIS Furness, Withy & Co, London
2,372
7.2.1918
2½ miles N x W from the Longships / Cardiff - St. Nazaire Torpedoed by submarine U.53
BEDALE Furness, Withy & Co, London
2,116
6.10.1917
25 miles SE x S from Mine Head, Waterford / Cardiff - Berehaven Torpedoed by submarine U.96
BEECHPARK J & J. Denholm Ltd, Glasgow
4,763
2.8.1917
4 miles S from St. Mary's, Scilly / Tyne - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
BEECHTREE Jones & King, Cardiff
1,277
10.2.1917
11 miles SE from Start Point / Swansea - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UC.21
BEEMAH Headlam & Rowland, Whitby
4,750
27.4.1917
30 miles SW x S from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Montevideo Torpedoed by submarine UB.32
BEESWING (S.V.) J. B. Walmsley & Co, Liverpool
1,462
2.5.1917
140 miles W x N from Fastnet / Tyne - Dieppe Captured by submarine and shelled
BEGONA No.4 H. Rees Jones, Cardiff
2,407
27.7.1917
70 miles W x N ½ N from Fastnet / Bona - Cork Torpedoed by submarine U.46
BEGONIA Joseph Robinson & Sons, North Shields
3,070
21.3.1918
44 miles S x W from Wolf Rock / Tyne & Plymouth - Salonica Torpedoed by submarine UB.55
BEGUM Asiatic S. N. Co, Liverpool
4,646
29.5.1918
270 miles W x S from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Santiago de Cuba Torpedoed by submarine U.90
BEHREND (S.V.) Admiralty requisition (J. Livingstone & Sons, Grangemouth)
141
30.11.1916
35 miles SW from Portland Bill / London - Brest Captured by submarine UB.19 and sunk with bombs
BELFORD Mann, MacNeal & Co, Glasgow
516
20.12.1915
Off Boulogne / Cardiff - Calais Torpedoed by submarine UB.10
BELFORD (S.V.) Ruthin Castle Ship Co, Ltd, Glasgow (R. Thomas & Co)
1,905
3.2.1917
110 miles W from Fastnet / San Francisco - Queenstown Captured by submarine and U.45 sunk with bombs
BELGIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
3,657
24.5.1917
50 miles W ½ S from Fastnet / New Orleans - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.57
BELGIAN PRINCE Prince Line Ltd, London
4,765
31.7.1917
175 miles NW x W from Tory Island / Liverpool - Newport News Torpedoed by submarine U.55
BELGIER Brys & Glysen Ltd, London
4,588
23.2.1917
30 miles W from Belle Isle / New York & Norfolk, Va.- Le Havre Captured by submarine UC.17 and shelled
BELLBANK James Bell & Co, Hull
3,250
7.9.1918
25 miles SSW from Planier Island, Gulf of Lyons / Algiers - Spezia Torpedoed by submarine UC.67
BELLE OF ENGLAND Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
3,877
27.7.1917
155 miles WNW from Fastnet / Algiers - Barrow Torpedoed by submarine U.95
BELLE OF FRANCE Belle Agency Ltd, Liverpool
3,876
1.2.1916
126 miles NW x W from Alexandria / Karachi - Algiers Torpedoed by submarine U.21
BELLEVUE Chas. Connell & Co, Glasgow
3,814
4.12.1914
460 miles NE ¼ E from Pernambuco / Clyde & Liverpool - Buenos Aires Captured by KRONPRINZ WILHELM and scuttled
BELLUCIA Bell Bros & Co, Glasgow
4,368
7.7.1917
2 miles SSE from the Lizard / Montreal - London Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
BELLVIEW James Bell & Co, Hull
3,567
21.4.1918
16 miles ENE from Cape Bon / Barry - Malta Torpedoed by unknown submarine
BEN CRUACHAN Morrison Shipping Co, Newcastle
3,092
30.1.1915
15 miles NW from Morecombe light / Cardiff - Scapa Flow Captured by submarine U.21 and sunk with bombs
BEN LOMOND Morrison Shipping Co, Newcastle
2,814
7.7.1918
30 miles SE from Daunts Rock / Seville - Ardrossan Torpedoed by submarine U.92
BEN REIN Ramsey Steamship Co,  Ramsey, Isle of Man
212
7.2.1918
35 miles N ½ W from Liverpool / Liverpool - Belfast Captured  and shelled by submarine UB.57 
BEN VRACKIE Watson Bros, Glasgow
3,908
19.8.1915
55 miles NW x N from Scilly Isles / Cardiff - Malta Captured by submarine U.27 and shelled
BENARTHUR R. T. Arthurs, Glasgow
2,029
8.8.1915
8 miles SE from Orloff lighthouse / Archangel - Clyde Mined and beached, total loss
BENDEW Wait & Dodds, Newcastle
3,681
4.4.1916
9 miles S ½ E from Kentish Knock / Port Breira - Tyne Mined
BENEFICENT James Westoll, Sunderland
1,963
24.2.1917
Off mouth of Tees / Tyne - Le Havre Mined
BENGAIRN (S.V.) J. J. Rae & Co, Liverpool
2,127
1.4.1916
165 miles WSW from Fastnet / Seattle - Queenstown Captured and shelled by submarine U.26 
BENGALI T & J. Brocklebank, Liverpool
5,684
8.4.1918
14 miles N from Alexandria / Tobruk - Alexandria & Calcutta Torpedoed by submarine UC.34
BENGORE HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
2,490
20.6.1917
150 miles NW from Fastnet / Sydney, Cape Breton - London Captured by submarine U.62 and torpedoed
BENGROVE Joseph Hoult & Co, Liverpool
3,840
7.3.1915
3 miles NNE from Ilfracombe / Barry - ? Torpedoed by submarine U.20
BENHA Khedivial Mail S.S. Co, London
1,878
11.6.1917
50 miles N x E from Marsa Susa / Limassol - Leith Captured by submarine UC.74 and sunk with bombs
BENHA (S.V.)
95
28.9.1918
Off Ras el Dabaa, Egypt / Limasol - Leith Captured by submarine and shelled
BENHEATHER Joseph Hoult & Co, Liverpool
4,701
5.4.1917
110 miles WNW from Fastnet / Halifax, N.S.- Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine U.46
BENITA (S.V.) Robert Killen, Dublin
130
20.6.1917
15 miles S from Portland Bill / Cherbourg - Poole Captured by submarine UC.75 and sunk with bombs
BENITO Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
4,712
26.12.1917
9 miles S from Dodman Point / Tyne - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
BENMOHR W. Thomson & Co, Leith
4,806
16.9.1914
65 miles NW ½ W from Minikoi / Leith & London - Yokohama Captured by EMDEN and scuttled
BENVORLICH William Thomson & Co, Leith
3,381
1.8.1915
50 miles SW from Ushant / Manila - London Captured by submarine U.28 and torpedoed
BERBERA British India S.N. Co, London
4,352
25.3.1917
60 miles E from Catania / Bombay - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine U.64
BERNARD Turnbull Bros, Cardiff
3,682
15.12.1917
180 miles WSW from Bishop Rock / Barry - Malta Torpedoed by submarine U.94
BERNICIA James Currie & Co, Leith
957
13.11.1916
20 miles SSE from Beachy Head / Rouen - London Captured by submarine UB.38 and sunk with bombs
BERTRAND Turnbull Bros, Cardiff
3,613
6.7.1918
28 miles ESE from Cape Bon / Oran & Bizerta - Salonica Torpedoed by submarine UC.67
BERWICK LAW Thomas Law & Co, Glasgow
4,680
2.12.1917
22 miles W from Cape Tenez / Port Said - Oran Torpedoed by submarine U.34
BESSIE STEPHENS (S.V.) J. Rosevear, Par, Cornwall
119
14.2.1918
10 miles W x S ½ S from Lundy / Fowey - Preston Captured and shelled by submarine U.86
BESSY
60
2.3.1918
12 miles NNW from Peel / Douglas, Isle of Man - Glasgow Captured and shelled by submarine U.91 
BESTWOOD (Admiralty collier) W. France, Fenwick & Co, London
2,248
29.7.1917
12 miles NW from S. Bishop light / Cardiff - ? Sunk in collision with s/s LEANDER
BETHLEHEM Theodor Shipping Co, Ltd, Newcastle (A. Tate & Co)
379
19.4.1917
½ mile E from S. from S. Holm Buoy / Calais - Grimsby Mined
BILBSTER (Admiralty collier) A. H. & E. Gunn, Cardiff
4,478
21.11.1917
Position 43.30N 13.30W / Newport - Gibraltar Sunk in collision with American s/s MAUBAN
BILSWOOD J. Constantine, Middlesbrough
3,097
12.3.1917
8 miles NW from Alexandria / Malta - Alexandria Mined
BIRCHGROVE Alexander & Mair, Glasgow
2,821
2.12.1917
10 miles W x N ½ N from Ile de Groix near Lorient / Penarth - Bordeaux Torpedoed by submarine U.84
BIRCHWOOD J. Constantine, Middlesbrough
2,756
3.1.1918
25 miles E from Blackwater lightvessel / Clyde - Devonport Torpedoed by submarine U.61
BIRDOSWALD Lunn & MacCoy, Newcastle
4,013
26.6.1917
25 miles E ½ S from Tarragona / Leghorn - Cartagena Torpedoed by submarine U.63
BIRKHALL James Currie & Co, Leith
4,541
23.1.1918
4 miles SE from Cape Doro / Salonica - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine UC.23
BIRTLEY Burnett & Co, Newcastle
1,438
4.1.1918
8 miles N from Flamborough Head / Dunkirk - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine UB.38
BIRUTA Wilson Line, Hull
1,733
6.8.1918
8 miles NW ¾ W from Calais / Calais - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
BISHOPSTON Richards, Turpin Ltd, Swansea
2,513
4.9.1917
30 miles S x E from St. Catherines / Le Havre - Portsmouth Torpedoed by submarine UC.16
BITTERN Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,797
20.8.1915
50 miles NW from Ushant / Clyde - Leghorn Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
BLACK HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
1,898
21.6.1917
52 miles ESE from Out. Skerries, Shetland / Drammen - Lerwick Torpedoed by submarine U.19
BLACKWOOD Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
1,230
9.3.1915
18 miles SW x S from Dungeness / Blyth - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine U.35
BLAGDON Hanson Bros, Cardiff
1,996
9.8.1917
75 miles E x S from Muckle Flugga / Lerwick - Bergen & Archangel Torpedoed by submarine U.100
BLAIRHALL George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow
2,549
26.7.1918
3½ miles ENE from Sunderland / Middlesbrough - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine UC.40
BLAKE Moller & Co, London
3,740
24.7.1917
30 miles N x W ½ W from Cape Wrath / Penarth - Archangel Torpedoed by submarine UC.49
BLEAMOOR Bombay & Persia S.N. Co, Bombay
3,755
27.11.1917
4 miles SSE from Barry Head, Tor Bay / Hull - Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
BOAZ (S.V.) Wynnfield Shipping Co. Ltd (J. W. Eason, Grimsby)
111
31.3.1917
15 miles NE from Cape Barfleur / Ouistreham - Poole Captured by submarine UB.32 and sunk with bombs
BOGOTA Pacific Steam Nav. Co, Liverpool
4,577
10.11.1916
120 miles SW ½ W from Ushant / Coronel & Cristobal - London Torpedoed by submarine U.50
BOLDWELL M. Embiricos, London
3,118
27.5.1917
35 miles NE from Linosa / Tyne - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine UC.20
BOLTONHALL West Hartlepool S.N. Co, West Hartlepool
3,535
20.8.1918
34 miles SW x W ¼ W from Bardsey Island / Manchester - Gibraltar Torpedoed by submarine UB.92
BOMA Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
2,694
11.6.1918
10 miles SW ¾ W from Beer Head / Belfast - St. Helena Island Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
BONIFACE Booth S.S. Co, Liverpool
3,799
23.8.1917
7 miles NE x N from Aran Island / New York - Glasgow Torpedoed by submarine U.53
BONNY Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
2,702
17.8.1915
16 miles S x E from Tuskar Rock / Marseilles - Liverpool Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
BONTNEWYDD David Owen, Cardiff
3,296
5.10.1917
60 miles NNE from Marsa Susa / Marseilles - Karachi Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.28
BONVILSTON Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff
2,866
17.10.1918
9½ miles NW x W from Corsewall Point / Ayr - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.92
BORDER KNIGHT Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool
3,724
4.11.1917
1½ miles ESE from the Lizard / London - Barry Torpedoed by submarine UC.17
BORG The Shipping Controller, managed by Cairns, Noble & Co, Newcastle
2,111
10.6.1918
20 miles SW x S from the Lizard / Bilbao - Jarrow Torpedoed by submarine UB.103
BORGA The Shipping Controller, managed by Mann, MacNeal & Steeves Ltd, Glasgow
1,046
1.3.1918
9 miles SE x S from Beer Head / Swansea - Dieppe Torpedoed by submarine U.55
BOSCASTLE E. Jenkins & Co, Cardiff
2,346
7.4.1918
14 miles NNW from Strumble Head / Barry - Scapa Flow Torpedoed by submarine U.111
BOSCAWEN E. Jenkins & Co, Cardiff
1,936
21.8.1918
23 miles WNW from Bardsey Island / Birkenhead - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.92
BOSTON CITY Bristol City Line, Bristol
2,711
2.1.1918
11 miles W ½ N from St. Ann's Head / Bristol - New York Torpedoed by submarine U.91.
BOSTONIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
5,736
10.10.1917
34 miles S x E ½ E from Start Point / Philadelphia - London Torpedoed by submarine U.53
BOWES CASTLE J. Chambers & Co, Liverpool
4,650
18.4.1914
350 miles N x W ½ W from Cape Orange / Antofagasta & Montevideo - St. Lucia Captured by KARLSRUHE and scuttled
BOYNE CASTLE Banffshire Steamshipping Co, Banff
245
7.2.1917
12 miles N x E from St. Abb's Head / Macduff - Sunderland Captured and shelled by submarine UB.22 
BOYNTON Morgan & Cadogan Ltd, Cardiff
2,578
24.9.1917
5 miles WNW from Cape Cornwall / Manchester - France Torpedoed by submarine UC.47
BRACONDALE (Special Service Ship) Joseph Murrell & Son, West Hartlepool
2,095
7.8.1917
120 miles NW from Tory Island / Government service Torpedoed and damaged by submarine U.44 on 5.8.1917, taken in tow but sank
BRADFORD CITY (Special Service Ship) Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff
3,683
16.8.1917
Strait of Messina / Government service Torpedoed and sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.28
BRAEFIELD Bray S.S. Co, Dublin
427
31.3.1917
Bristol Channel / Cork - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine (presumably U.57)
BRAMHAM James Mitchell & Sons, Dundee
1,978
19.7.1917
10 miles E x S from the Lizard / Barry - Rouen Mined
BRANDON (S.V.) Jenkin Davies, Morfa Bychen, Carnarvonshire
130
25.3.1917
Not known / Portmadoc - Waterford Sunk by submarine UC.65
BRANKSOME CHINE H. G. Harper & Co, Cardiff
2,026
23.2.1915
6 miles E x S ¾ S from Beachy Head / Grimsby - Portsmouth Torpedoed by submarine U.8
BRANKSOME HALL Ellerman Hall Line, Liverpool
4,262
14.7.1918
68 miles NW x W from Marsa Susa / Newport, Mon.- Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UB.105
BRANTINGHAM James Cormack & Co, Leith
2,617
4.10.1916
Arctic Ocean / Archangel - Leith Torpedoed by submarine U.46
BRAUNTON W. J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff
4,575
7.4.1916
4½ miles S x W from Beachy Head / Boulogne - Newport, Mon. Torpedoed by submarine UB.29
BRAY HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
3,077
14.3.1917
375 miles NW x W from Fastnet / St. John, N.B.- Belfast Captured by submarine U.44 and shelled
BRECKNOCKSHIRE Royal Mail S.P. Co, London
8,423
15.2.1917
490 miles E x N from Cape Frio, Brazil / Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
BREMA The Admiralty, managed by Everett & Newbigin, Newcastle
1,537
19.8.1917
7½ miles S ½ E from Flamborough Head / Sunderland - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.17
BRENDA (S.V.) Whitstable Shipping Co. Ltd, Faversham
249
7.1.1917
10 miles SSW from Beachy Head / London - Fowey Captured and shelled  by submarine UB.23 
BRENTWOOD Cory Colliers Ltd, London
1,192
12.1.1917
4 miles ENE from Whitby / London - Tyne Mined
BRETWALDA Hall Bros, Newcastle
4,037
13.12.1916
220 miles E x S from Malta / Calcutta - Boulogne Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
BRIARDENE A. Dickie, St. John's, NF.
2,701
1.12.1916
12½ miles SE x S from Bishop Rock / New York - London Captured by submarine UC.19 and sunk with bombs
BRIERLEY HILL Charles Graham, Hull
1,168
1.11.1916
18 miles WNW from Helliso lighthouse, Norway / Halmstad - Hull Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.30
BRIERTON Hogg, Sydney & Co, West Hartlepool
3,255
22.11.1916
32 miles SW from Ushant / Karachi - Manchester Torpedoed by submarine UC.26
BRIGADE Mason Shipping Co, Glasgow
425
19.2.1917
12 miles NW ½ W from Cayeux - sur - Somme / St. Valery - Weston Point Captured and shelled by submarine UC.63 
BRIGHTON QUEEN (Minesweeper) P & A. Campbell Ltd, Shoreham
553
6.10.1915
Off Nieuport near Ostend / Government service Mined
BRIGITTA Colonial Coal & Shipping Co, London
2,081
4.12.1917
6 miles SW from Nab lightvessel / Barry - Dieppe Mined
BRIKA C. T. Bowring, London
3,549
13.3.1917
13 miles SE x S from Coningbeg lightvessel / Santiago de Cuba - Bristol Torpedoed by submarine UC.47
BRISBANE RIVER Houlder Bros & Co, London
4,989
17.4.1917
140 miles W from Gibraltar / Malta - Baltimore Captured by submarine U.35 and sunk with bombs
BRISTOL CITY Bristol City Line, Bristol
2,511
16.12.1917
Atlantic, SW of Ireland / Bristol - New York Torpedoed by submarine U.94
BRITANNIA John Hall & Co, London
1,814
8.12.1916
70 miles W x S from Cape Sines, Portugal / London - Gibraltar Torpedoed by submarine U.38
BRITANNIA Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool
3,129
2.4.1917
22 miles WNW from Pantellaria / Alexandria - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.65
BRITANNIA James Currie & Co, Leith
765
19.10.1917
Off Portland Bill / Middlesbrough - St. Malo Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
BRITANNIA (S.V.) William A. Jenkins, Swansea
39
6.9.1916
12 miles N from Alderney / London - Jersey Captured by submarine UB.29 and sunk with bombs
BRITANNIC W. H. Cockerline & Co, Hull
3,487
30.7.1916
20 miles ESE from Cape Bon / Tyne - Alexandria Captured by submarine U.35 and shelled
BRITANNIC (Hospital Ship) White Star Line, London
48,158
21.11.1916
Zea Channel, Adriatic / Southampton & Naples - Mudros Mined
BRITANNIC (S.V.) J. Pannell, London
92
13.12.1917
12 miles NNW from Les Hanois / Granville - Fowey Captured by submarine UB.31 and sunk with bombs
BRITISH MONARCH Raeburn & Verel Ltd, Glasgow
5,749
4.8.1917
2 miles SSW from Porquerolles light / Hull - Genoa Mined
BRITISH SUN William Smellie, Liverpool
5,565
1.5.1917
230 miles ESE from Malta / Abadan - Malta Torpedoed by submarine UC.37
BRITISH VISCOUNT British Tanker Co, London
3,287
23.2.1918
12 miles N x W ½ W from the Skerries, Anglesey / Liverpool - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.91.
BRITISH YEOMAN (S.V.) Ship British Yeoman Co Ltd, Victoria, B.C.
1,953
26.2.1917
230 miles NW x N ¾ N from St. Paul Rocks / Buenos Aires - Nantes Sunk by surface raider SEEADLER.
BRODERICK Blue Star Line, London
4,321
29.4.1918
7 miles SSE from Hastings / London - Puerto Cabello Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
BRODMORE Blue Star Line, London
4,071
27.2.1917
70 miles NW x N from Marsa Susa, Libya / Majunga - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
BRODNESS Blue Star Line, London
5,736
31.3.1917
5 miles WNW from Port Anzio / Genoa - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UC.38
BRODSTONE Blue Star Line, London
4,927
15.8.1917
95 miles W ¼ S from Ushant / Cardiff - Zarate Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
BRONWEN W & C. T. Jones Ltd, Cardiff
4,250
24.9.1916
25 miles N x E from Dragonera Island, Majorca / Barry - Marseilles Captured by submarine U.35 and shelled
BROOKBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,679
19.6.1917
155 miles S ½ W from Fastnet / Sagunto - Middlesbrough Captured by submarine U.60 and torpedoed
BROOKWOOD J. Constantine, Middlesbrough
3,093
10.1.1917
210 miles N x W from Cape Finisterre / Penarth - Port Said Captured by submarine U.79 and shelled
BROOMHILL Henry Coates, Newcastle
1,392
10.5.1917
9 miles SW from Portland Bill / Penarth - Sheerness Captured by submarine UC.61 and sunk with bombs
BRUMAIRE Plisson S.N. Co, Cardiff
2,324
24.7.1917
265 miles W x N from Ushant / Hartlepool - Spezia Torpedoed by submarine U.46
BRUNHILDA Capel & Co, Newcastle
2,296
11.7.1917
7 miles E x S from Start Point / Bone - Sunderland Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
BRUSSELS Great Eastern Railway Co.
1,380
23.6.1916
Off Hook of Holland / Rotterdam - Hook of Holland - Tilbury Captured by torpedo boat and taken into Zeebrugge (Master executed)
BUFFALO Wilson Line, Hull
4,106
18.6.1917
80 miles NW x N ½ N from Cape Wrath / Hull - New York Torpedoed by submarine U.70
BUFFALO J. Little & Sons, Saltcoats, Ayrshire
286
13.9.1918
Off Corsewall Point / Ayr - Dundalk Torpedoed by submarine UB.64
BULGARIAN Ellerman - Westcott & Laurance
2,515
20.1.1917
Atlantic SW of Ireland / Cartagena - Garston Torpedoed by submarine U.84
BULLMOUTH Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London
4,018
28.4.1917
125 miles NW x N from Tory Island / Clyde - Hampton Roads Torpedoed by submarine U.58
BULYSSES Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London
6,127
20.8.1917
145 miles WNW from Butt of Lewis / Firth of Forth - Port Arthur, Texas Torpedoed by submarine U.52
BUNTY (tug) Premier Tug Co Ltd, (William H. Miller, Hull)
73
21.10.1917
Off Whitby / Hull - Rosyth Mined
BURCOMBE Burdick & Cook, London
3,516
1.12.1916
100 miles SE x E from Malta / Karachi - Hull Torpedoed by submarine UC.22
BURESK Burdick & Cook, London
4,337
27.8.1914
180 miles W x N ¾ N from Colombo / Port Said - Hong Kong Captured by EMDEN, 9.11.1914 sunk by H.M.A.S. SYDNEY
BURESK Burdick & Cook, London
3,673
5.11.1915
30 miles N x W from Cape Bengut, Algiers / Malta - Barry Roads Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
BURMA Bennett S.S. Co, Goole
706
23.6.1916
5 miles N x E ½ E from Shipwash lightvessel / London - Goole Mined
BURNBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,665
26.2.1917
20 miles N from Cape Falcone / Barry - Algiers Torpedoed by submarine U.39
BURNHOPE Burnett & Co, Newcastle
1,941
14.12.1916
Hartlepool Bay / Hartlepool - London Mined
BURNSTONE Alexander Bros, Newcastle
2,340
19.3.1918
44 miles N from Farne Islands / Immingham - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.62
BURROWA (S.V.) Admiralty requisition
2,902
27.4.1917
60 miles W from the Scilly Isles / Bordeaux - Newport Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
BURRSFIELD Woods, Tylor & Brown, London
4,037
5.10.1915
70 miles W from Cape Matapan / Barry & Malta - Salonica Captured by submarine U.33 and shelled
BUSIRIS Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
2,705
9.12.1915
190 miles WNW from Alexandria / Alexandria - Liverpool Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
BUTETOWN McAllum, William & Co, London
3,789
8.9.1916
55 miles WSW from Cape Matapan / Malta - Mudros Torpedoed by submarine UB.47
BUTETOWN Harrison, Sons & Co, Cardiff
1,829
29.1.1918
1½ miles S from Dodman Point / Clyde - Portsmouth Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
BYLANDS Joseph F. Wilson & Co, West Hartlepool
3,309
1.10.1918
150 miles NNW from Cape Villano / Bona - Dublin Captured by submarine U.139 and shelled
BYWELL Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
1,522
29.3.1917
3 miles E from Scarborough / Tyne - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.21

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