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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - D

NAME
OWNER
TONS
DATE
POSITION
DETAILS
D. A. GORDON Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal
2,301
11.12.1917
1¼ miles ESE from Cape de las Huertas, Alicante / Marseilles - Melilla Torpedoed and sunk by U.64
DACIA India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Works Co, London
1,856
3.12.1916
Funchal Roads, Madeira / Gibraltar - Madeira Torpedoed and sunk by U.38
DAFILA Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,754
21.7.1917
85 miles W x S ¼ S from Fastnet / Valencia - Liverpool Torpedoed and sunk by U.45
DALEBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,628
29.4.1917
180 miles NW from Fastnet / Huelva - Garston Torpedoed and sunk by U.70
DALEGARTH C. G. Ashdown, London
2,265
30.5.1916
12 miles NE from Cape Corbelin, Algeria / Limni - Clyde Captured by submarine U.39 and torpedoed
DALEGARTH FORCE W. S. Kennaugh & Co, Liverpool
684
18.4.1918
12 miles SW from Hartland Point / Treport - Barry Roads Torpedoed and sunk by submarines UB.86 & UB.73
DALEWOOD W. France, Fenwick & Co, London
2,420
26.2.1918
10 miles SW from Isle of Man / Cardiff - Scapa Flow Torpedoed and sunk by U.105
DALTON Webster & Barraclough Ltd, West Hartlepool
3,486
10.4.1917
25 miles S x W from Cape Matapan / Salonica - Malta Torpedoed and sunk by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.29
DANA (S.V.) Cornish Traders Ltd (A. W. Chard, Falmouth)
182
20.5.1917
25 miles N from Les Hanois / St. Malo - Fowey Captured by submarine UB.36 and sunk with bombs
DANTZIC (S.V.) George M. Beer, St. Brides, Cardigan
108
17.4.1917
30 miles S x W from St. Anns Head / Lancaster - St. Brieuc Captured by submarine UC.47 and sunk with bombs
DARIUS W. H. Seager & Co, Cardiff
3,426
13.6.1917
210 miles SW from Fastnet / Villaricos - Tyne Torpedoed and sunk by U.54
DART E. Hain & Son, St. Ives
3,207
14.6.1917
6 miles SSW from Ballycottin lighthouse / Huelva - Garston Torpedoed and sunk by UC.74
DARTMOOR J & P. Hutchinson, Glasgow
2,870
27.5.1917
35 miles SE from Fastnet / Bona - Garston Torpedoed and sunk by UC.50
DAUNTLESS Leopold Walford Ltd, London
2,157
4.2.1917
10 miles from La Coubre Point, River Gironde / Tyne - Bayonne Captured by submarine UB.39 and sunk with bombs
DAWDON R. Thorman & Co, Sunderland
1,310
3.10.1914
10 miles NW x W from Wandelaar lightship / Hull - Antwerp Mined
DAYBREAK Elvidge & Morgan, Cardiff
3,238
24.12.1917
1 mile E from South Rock lightship, Co. Down / Huelva - Clyde Torpedoed and sunk by U.87
DEE (S.V.) Ivanoff Desvaux de Marigny, Port Louis, Mauritius.
1,169
30.3.1917
410 miles W x S from Cape Leeuwin / Port Louis, Mauritius - Bunbury, Australia Captured and sunk with bombs by cruiser WOLF
DELAMERE Harold R. Greenhalgh, Liverpool
1,525
30.4.1917
110 miles W x N from Fastnet / West Africa - Liverpool Torpedoed and sunk by U.70
DELPHIC White Star Line, London
8,273
16.8.1917
135 miles SW ¾ W from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Montevideo Torpedoed and sunk by UC.72
DEMARIS (S.V.)
79
4.8.1916
20 miles N from Alderney / Guernsey - London Captured by submarine UB.18 and sunk with bombs
DEMETERTON R. Chapman & Son, Newcastle
6,048
13.3.1917
730 miles E x N from Cape Race / Halifax - U.K. Captured and sunk with bombs by cruiser MÖWE
DEN OF CROMBIE Charles Barrie & Sons, Dundee
4,949
8.11.1915
112 miles S x W from Cape Martello, Crete / Bangkok - Lisbon & Oporto Captured by submarine U.35 and shelled
DENABY Lambert & Barnet, Cardiff
2,987
24.2.1916
40 miles SSW from Planier Island / Huelva - St. Louis du Rhone Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
DENBIGH HALL Ellerman Hall Line, Liverpool
4,943
18.5.1918
90 miles WSW from Bishop Rock / Buenos Aires - U.K. Torpedoed and sunk by U.55
DENEBOLA Everett & Newbigin, Newcastle
1,481
17.8.1918
2 miles N x W from Gurnard Head / Swansea - Rouen Torpedoed and sunk by submarine UB.86
DENEWOOD Cory Colliers Ltd, London
1,221
26.5.1916
Off Aldeburgh / Tyne - London Mined
DEPENDENCE (S.V.) J. Marwood (Marwood & Co, Liverpool)
120
15.9.1917
6 miles W from the Lizard / Dieppe - Liverpool Captured by submarine UB.38 and sunk with bombs
DEPTFORD Wm. Cory & Son, Ltd, London
1,208
24.2.1915
3 miles off Scarborough / Granton - Chatham Mined
DERBENT The Admiralty, London
3,178
30.11.1917
6 miles NE x E from Lynas Point / Liverpool - Queenstown Torpedoed and sunk by U.96
DERRYMORE R. McCowen & Sons, Tralee
503
2.5.1917
Ballyhalbert Bay, Co. Down / Dublin - Troon Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
DESABLA Andrew Weir & Co, London
6,047
12.6.1915
15 miles E from Tod Head / Port Arthur, Texas - U.K. Captured by submarine U.17 and torpedoed
DESTRO Wilson Line, Hull
859
25.3.1918
5 miles SW from Mull of Galloway / Namsos - Manchester Torpedoed and sunk by U.96
DETLEF WAGNER (S.V.) Job Tyrrell, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.
225
28.5.1917
5 miles W from Armen Rock / Lisbon - Jersey Captured by submarine UC.72 and sunk with bombs
DEVONIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
10,435
21.8.1917
20 miles NE from Tory Island / Liverpool - Boston, Mass. Torpedoed and sunk by U.53
DEWA James Nourse Ltd, London
3,802
17.9.1916
45 miles E ¾ N from Malta / Toulon - Port Said Torpedoed and sunk by UB.43
DEWSLAND J & P. Hutchinson, Glasgow
1,993
1.6.1916
28 miles NE x E from Cape Carbon, Algeria / Philippeville - Penarth Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
DIADEM Hall Bros, Newcastle
3,752
23.2.1916
56 miles SE x S from Porquerolles Island / Marseilles - Port Said Mined
DIADEM Hall Bros, Newcastle
4,307
21.4.1917
200 miles SW x W from Fastnet / Bassein & Dakar - London Torpedoed and sunk by U.50
DIANA The Shipping Controller, managed by Pelton S.S. Co, Newcastle
1,119
7.6.1918
10 miles SSE from Flamborough Head / Tyne - Rouen Torpedoed and sunk by UB.108
DICTATOR T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
4,116
5.9.1915
135 miles S x W from Fastnet / Pernambuco - Liverpool Captured by submarine U.20 and shelled
DICTATOR (S.V.)
99
28.6.1918
Atlantic / Cadiz - St. John's, NF. Sunk by submarine U.151
DIDO Wilson Line, Hull
4,769
26.2.1916
4 miles NNE from Spurn lightship / Hull - India Mined
DINGLE A. Rowland & Co, Liverpool
593
20.2.1916
10 miles S x W from Kentish Knock, Thames Estuary / Sunderland - Caen Mined
DINORWIC (S.V.) Cornish Traders Ltd (A. W. Chard, Falmouth)
124
15.7.1917
10 miles S x E from Hastings / Weston Point - Treport Captured by submarine UB.40 and sunk with bombs
DIOMED Ocean S.S. Co, Liverpool
4,672
22.8.1915
57 miles WNW from Scilly Isles / Liverpool - Shanghai Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
DIOMED Ocean S.S. Co, Liverpool
7,523
21.8.1918
195 miles ESE from Nantucket Island / Liverpool - New York Captured by submarine U.140 and shelled
DIPLOMAT T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
7,615
13.9.1914
480 miles N ½ E from Madras / Calcutta - London & Liverpool Captured and sunk by cruiser EMDEN by gunfire
DIXIANA Thomas Kitching, West Hartlepool
3,329
29.5.1915
40 miles N from Ushant / Savannah - Le Havre Captured by submarine U.41 and torpedoed
DJERV The Shipping Controller, managed by E. P. Atkinson & Sons, Goole
1,527
20.2.1918
12 miles NNW from the Skerries, Anglesea / Heysham - Newport, Mon. Torpedoed and sunk by U.86
DOLCOATH J. Mitchell & Sons, Dundee
1,706
10.5.1916
3¼ miles NNE from N. Foreland / Tyne & Hull - Cette Mined
DOLLY VARDEN (S.V.) A. Anderson, Whitstable
202
14.11.1917
20 miles NW from Treport / Dieppe - Newcastle Captured by submarine U.58 and shelled
DON Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
939
8.5.1915
7 miles E from Coquet Island / Cromarty - Blyth Captured by submarine U.9 and torpedoed
DON ARTURO George Dodd, London
3,680
25.6.1917
90 miles WSW from Scilly Isles / Algiers & Oran - Tees Torpedoed and sunk by UC.62
DON BENITO (Admiralty collier) George Dodd, London
3,749
27.3.1917
Position 49.35N 06.44W / Swansea - Livorno Sunk in collision with s/s ULTONIA
DON DIEGO George Dodd, London
3,632
21.5.1917
40 miles E x S from Linosa / Swansea - Alexandria Captured by submarine U.65 and shelled
DON EMILIO George Dodd, London
3,651
1.7.1917
10 miles NW x W from Esha Ness, Shetland / Barry - Archangel Torpedoed and sunk by U.80
DONEGAL (Hospital ship) Midland Railway Co, Derby
1,885
17.4.1917
19 miles S from Dean lightship / Le Havre - Southampton Torpedoed and sunk by UC.21
DORA Aberdovey & Barmouth S.S. Co Ltd (Robert Owen & Co, Liverpool)
296
1.5.1917
11 miles W from Mull of Galloway / Belfast - Liverpool Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
DORISBROOK (Admiralty collier) Miller & Richards, London
3,431
7.2.1918
Position 05.48S 81.19W / Barry - Peru Sunk in collision with s/s ORBITA
DORNFONTEIN (aux. schooner) Marine Construction Co, St. John, N.B
766
2.8.1918
25 miles WNW from Brier Island N.S / St. John, N.B.- Port Natal. Captured by submarine U156 and set on fire, hulk towed to Grand Manan, CTL.
DOROTHY John Ness, Sunderland
3,806
24.2.1917
25 miles SE x S ½ S from Pantellaria / Tunis - Salonica Torpedoed and sunk by U.35
DOROTHY DUFF (S.V.) William Duff & Sons Ltd, Carbonear, NF.
186
16.5.1917
14 miles from Cape Cullers / Gibraltar - ? Captured by submarine U.34 and sunk with bombs
DOTTEREL Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,596
29.11.1915
4¾ miles N x E from Boulogne Pier / Manchester & Liverpool - Dunkirk Mined
DOURO Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool
1,604
5.9.1915
79 miles SW x W from Bishop Rock / Oporto - Liverpool Captured by submarine U.20 and shelled
DOVER CASTLE (Hospital ship) Union-Castle Mail S.S. Co, London
8,271
26.5.1917
50 miles N from Bona / Malta - Gibraltar Torpedoed and sunk by UC.67
DOWLAIS R. E. Morel & Co, Cardiff
3,016
3.12.1917
Off Cap de Fer, Algeria / Greece - Glasgow Torpedoed and sunk by UB.48
DOWNSHIRE East Downshire S.S. Co, Belfast
365
20.2.1915
8 miles NW ½ W from Calf of Man / Dundrum - Manchester Captured by submarine U.30 and sunk with bombs
DOWNSHIRE East Downshire S.S. Co, Belfast
368
21.9.1918
8 miles ESE from Rockabill / Whitby - Tyne Captured by submarine U.64 and shelled
DRAKE General Steam Nav. Co, London
2,267
30.9.1917
340 miles W from Ushant / London - Genoa Captured by submarine U.90 and shelled
DRAMATIST T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
5,415
18.12.1916
490 miles SW ½ S from Flores, Azores / San Francisco & St. Lucia - U.K. Captured and sunk with bombs by cruiser MÖWE
DRESDEN James Currie & Co, Leith
807
23.9.1916
41 miles S x E ¼ E from the Nab / Tyne - Rouen Captured by submarine UB.37 and sunk with bombs
DRINA Royal Mail S.P. Co, London
11,483
1.3.1917
2 miles W from Skokham Island / Buenos Aires - Liverpool Torpedoed and sunk by UC.65
DROMONBY R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,627
13.1.1916
220 miles W from Lisbon / Cardiff - St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands Captured by cruiser MÖWE and sunk with bombs
DROMORE Furness, Withy & Co, London
4,398
27.4.1917
140 miles NW x N from Tory Island / Liverpool - Baltimore Torpedoed and sunk by U.58
DROMORE Samuel W. Oakley, London.
268
18.5.1917
6 miles S from St. Martin Point, Guernsey / St. Malo - Swansea Captured by submarine UC.70 and shelled
DRONNING MAUD The Shipping Controller, managed by W. A. Souter & Co, Newcastle
2,663
22.4.1918
65 miles NE x E ¾ E from Cape Sigli / Sunderland - Malta Torpedoed and sunk by U.34
DRUMCREE J. Chadwick & Sons, Liverpool
4,052
18.5.1915
11 miles N x E from Trevose Head / Barry - Port Arthur, Texas Torpedoed and sunk by U.27
DRUMLOIST W. Christie & Co, London
3,118
24.6.1915
Entrance to White Sea / Archangel - London Mined
DRUMMUIR (S.V.) Rolph Hind Co, Victoria, BC.
1,844
2.12.1914
70 miles E x N from Cape Horn / Swansea - San Francisco Captured by cruiser LEIPZIG and sunk with bombs on 6th Dec.
DUART W. MacLean & Co, West Hartlepool
3,108
31.8.1916
60 miles N ¾ E from Shershel, Algeria / Cette - Newfoundland Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL R. B. Chellew, Truro
1,706
11.4.1917
5 miles N from Barfleur / London - Le Havre Torpoed and sunk by UC.26
DUCHESS OF CORNWALL (S.V.) Robert Moulton Ltd, Burgeo, N.F.
152
6.12.1916
620 miles W ¾ S from Fastnet / St. John's, NF.- Gibraltar Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
DUCHESS OF HAMILTON (Minesweeper) Caledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd, Glasgow
553
29.11.1915
Near Galloper lightship, Thames / Government service Mined
DUCHESS OF MONTROSE (Minesweeper) Caledonian Steam Packet Co. Ltd, Glasgow.
322
18.3.1917
Off Dunkirk / Admiralty service Mined
DUCKBRIDGE Thomas L. Weiss & Co, Newcastle
1,491
22.2.1916
6 miles N from Straithie Point / Cardiff - ? Mined
DUDHOPE (S.V.) Ship Dudhope Co. Ltd (T. A. Shute, Liverpool)
2,086
15.7.1917
200 miles W from Fastnet / Barry - Rio de Janeiro Captured by submarine U.49 and sunk with bombs
DUKE OF ALBANY (Armed Boarding Ship) Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
1,997
25.8.1916
20 miles E from Pentland Skerries, Orkney / Government service Torpedoed by submarine UB.27
DULCIE C. Nielsen & Sons, West Hartlepool
2,033
19.6.1915
6 miles E from Aldeburgh / Tyne - Le Havre Torpedoed and sunk by UB.13
DULWICH Watts, Watts & Co, London
3,289
15.2.1915
27 miles NNE from Cape la Heve / Hull - Rouen Torpedoed and sunk by U.16
DULWICH South Metropolitan Gas Co, London
1,460
10.6.1917
7 miles NE x E ½ E from Shipwash lightship / Seaham Harbour - London Mined
DUMFRIES A. Munro Sutherland, Newcastle
4,121
19.5.1915
13 miles N from Trevose Head / Cardiff - Leghorn Torpedoed and sunk by U.27
DUMFRIESSHIRE (S.V.) Shire Line (T. Law & Co), Glasgow
2,622
28.6.1915
25 miles SW from the Smalls / San Francisco - Dublin Torpedoed and sunk by submarine U.24
DUNBARMOOR W. Runciman & Co, Newcastle
3,651
8.3.1917
180 miles WNW from Fastnet / Rosario - Manchester Captured by submarine U.44 and shelled
DUNDALK S. J. Cocks, Dundalk
794
14.10.1918
5 miles NNW from the Skerries, Anglesey / Liverpool - Dundalk Torpedoed and sunk by submarines UB.123 & U.90
DUNDEE Canada S.S. Lines, Montreal
2,278
31.1.1917
10 miles N x W from St. Ives Head / London - Swansea Torpedoed and sunk by U..55
DUNDEE (Armed Boarding Ship) Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co, Dundee
2,187
2.9.1917
SW from the Scilly Isles / Government serrvice Torpedoed by submarine UC.49
DUNMORE HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
2,293
27.4.1917
135 miles NW from Tory Island / Manchester - Genoa Torpedoed and sunk by U.62
DUNNET HEAD Henry & MacGregor, Leith
343
4.6.1915
35 miles E x S from Duncansby Head / Baltasound - Arbroath Captured by submarine U.19 and torpedoed
DUNRAVEN (Special Service Ship) E. T. Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff
3,117
8.8.1917
130 miles W from Ushant / Government service Shelled and damaged by submarine UC.71, sank in English Channel while under tow on 10.8.1917
DUNROBIN A. Munro Sutherland, Newcastle
3,617
24.11.1917
49 miles SW x S ½ S from the Lizard / Almeria - Tyne Torpedoed and sunk by U.53
DUNSLEY Pyman Bros, London
4,930
19.8.1915
48 miles S x W from Old Head of Kinsale / Liverpool - Boston, Mass. Captured by submarine U.24 and shelled
DURANGO Furness, Withy & Co, London
3,008
26.8.1917
50 miles NW from Barra Head, Hebrides / Liverpool - St. John's, NF & Halifax, N.S.. Captured by submarine U.53 and shelled
DURWARD George Gibson & Co, Leith
1,301
21.1.1915
22 miles NW from Maas lightship / Leith - Rotterdam Captured by submarine U.19 and sunk with bombs
DUX The Shipping Controller, managed by W & C. Ezard, Goole
1,349
8.5.1918
7 miles NW from Godrevy lighthouse / Swansea - La Rochelle Torpedoed and sunk by U.54
DWINSK The Shipping Controller, managed by Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
8,173
18.6.1918
400 miles NE x N ¾ N from Bermuda / Brest - Newport News Torpedoed and sunk by U.151
DYKLAND J. F. Drughorn Ltd, London
4,291
22.4.1917
200 miles WNW from Fastnet / Halifax, N.S.- Falmouth Torpedoed and sunk by U.50

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