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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - E

NAME
OWNER
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
EAGLE
182
4.12.1917
10 miles S from Start Point / Guernsey - Swansea Captured by submarine UB.35 and sunk with bombs
EAGLE POINT Furness Withy & Co, London
5,222
28.3.1916
100 miles WNW from Bishop Rock / St. John, N.B. - Le Havre Captured by submarine U.70 and torpedoed
EARL OF ELGIN Anglo-American Oil Co, London
4,448
7.12.1917
10 miles W ½ S from Carnarvon Bay lightship / London - Dublin Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
EARL OF LATHOM (S.V.) William Hancock ( Hawarden) Ltd , Liverpool
132
5.5.1915
8 miles S x W from Old Head of Kinsale / Connahs Quay - Limerick Captured by submarine U.20 and shelled
EARNEST (S.V.)
111
2.5.1917
6 miles SE from Skulmartin lightship / Ardrossan - Dublin Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
EAST POINT Furness Withy & Co, London
5,234
9.3.1917
9 miles E x S ½ S from Eddystone light / London - Philadelphia Torpedoed by submarine U.48
EAST WALES Gibbs & Co, Cardiff
4,321
14.10.1917
8 miles S x W ½ W from Daunts Rock / Newport, Mon. - ? Captured by submarine U.57 and shelled
EASTERN BELLE (S.V.)
97
1.4.1917
30 miles SW from St. Catherine's Point / Portsmouth - Cherbourg Captured by submarine UC.72 and sunk with bombs
EASTERN CITY Wm. Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff
4,341
9.4.1916
18 miles N x W from Ushant / St. Nazaire - Barry Roads Captured by submarine U.66 and shelled
EASTERN PRINCE Prince Line Ltd, London
2,885
30.8.1917
30 miles S ¾ W from Eddystone / Philadelphia - London Torpedoed by submarine U.62
EASTFIELD Evan Jones & Co, Cardiff
2,145
27.11.1917
7 miles ESE from Dodman Point / Newport, Mon. - Dieppe Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
EASTLANDS Joseph F. Wilson & Co, West Hartlepool
3,113
25.1.1918
13 miles NW from Ile de Vierge / Bordeaux - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine U.55
EAVESTONE Furness Withy & Co, London
1,858
3.2.1917
95 miles W from Fastnet / Barry - Gibraltar Captured by submarine U.45 and shelled
EBENEZER (S.V.)
177
15.7.1917
25 miles NW from Dieppe / Garston - Dieppe Captured by submarine UB.40and sunk with bombs
ECCLESIA Lewis Griffiths & Co, Cardiff
3,714
14.7.1916
11 miles NW from Bougaroni Point / Norfolk, Va. - Taranto Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
ECHUNGA Adelaide S.S. Co, Adelaide
6,285
5.9.1917
40 miles N x E from Ushant / Port Arthur, Texas - U.K. Torpedoed by submarine U.52
EDALE Lucas & Co, Bristol
3,110
1.5.1915
45 miles NW x W from Scilly Isles / Rosario - Manchester Torpedoed by submarine U.30
EDDIE Thos. Turnbull & Son, Whitby
2,652
16.2.1917
550 miles NE x E ¾ E from Cape Frio, Brazil / Newport News - Fray Bentos Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
EDERNIAN O & W. Williams & Co, Cardiff
3,588
20.8.1917
6 miles S x E from Southwold / Middlesbrough - Dieppe Torpedoed by submarine UB.10
EDINA
455
17.8.1917
30 miles SE from Store Dimon, Faroe / Leith - Siglufjord Captured by submarine U.55 and shelled
EDINBURGH (S.V.)
1,473
20.1.1916
700 miles W x S ¾ S from St. Vincent, Cape Verde / Rangoon - Liverpool Captured by cruiser MÖWE and sunk with bombs
EDITH (S.V.)
78
27.6.1915
10 miles SE from Capel Island / Silloth - Cork Captured by submarine U.24 and shelled
EDLINGTON Denaby & Cadeby Main Collieries, London
3,864
23.9.1918
70 miles E x S from Cape Passero, Sicily / Taranto - Malta Torpedoed by submarine UC.54
EDUARD (S.V.)
476
16.4.1917
12 miles SW from Beachy Head / London - Port Talbot Captured by submarine UC.70 and sunk with bombs
EGYPTIAN PRINCE Prince Line Ltd, London
3,117
12.5.1917
240 miles SSE from Malta / Alexandria - Manchester Captured by submarine U.38 and sunk with bombs
EGYPTIANA Furness Withy & Co, London
3,818
9.6.1917
120 miles WSW from Scilly Islands / London - Halifax, N.S. Torpedoed by submarine U.70
EL ARGENTINO Furness Withy & Co, London
6,809
26.5.1916
7 miles SE x S from Southwold / Hull & London - Buenos Aires Mined
EL ZORRO C. T. Bowring, London
5,989
28.12.1915
10 miles S from Old Head of Kinsale / Port Arthur, Texas - Dartmouth Captured by submarine U.24 and torpedoed
ELAX Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London
3,980
10.10.1916
70 miles WSW from Cape Matapan / Rangoon - Malta Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
ELBA James Currie & Co, Leith
1,081
28.4.1918
6 miles NW x N from Pendeen / Cardiff - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.103
ELDRA (S.V.) J. B. Pinkham, Plymouth
227
19.10.1917
35 miles NW from Treport / Swansea - Treport Captured by submarine UC.77 and sunk with bombs
ELEANOR J. Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle
1,980
12.2.1918
9 miles W x S ½ S from St. Catherines / Immingham - Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
ELELE Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
6,557
18.6.1917
300 miles NW ¾ W from Fastnet / Boston, Mass. - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.24
ELFORD Sharp & Co, Newcastle
1,739
18.5.1917
2 miles S from Nab lightship / Chatham - Cherbourg Mined
ELFRIDA Brewis Line Ltd, Newcastle
2,624
7.1.1915
2 miles ENE from Scarborough / Newcastle - London Mined
ELIZA ANNE (S.V.)
36
17.3.1918
33 miles S x W ½ W from Eddystone / voyage unknown Captured by submarine UC.75 and sunk with bombs
ELIZABETH (S.V.)
49
8.9.1917
12 miles E x S from Start Point / Newport - Cherbourg Captured by submarine UB.31 and sunk with bombs
ELIZABETH ELEANOR (S.V.)
169
13.3.1917
77 miles NW x W ½ W from Trevose Head / Malaga & Gibraltar - Bristol Captured by submarine U.70 and shelled
ELIZABETH HAMPTON (S.V.)
108
14.5.1917
25 miles S x W from St. Catherine's Point / Cardiff - Carentan, France Captured by submarine UB.18 and sunk with bombs
ELLA SAYER Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
2,549
29.4.1918
15 miles E x N from Royal Sovereign lightship / Penarth - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
ELLASTON W. S. Miller & Co, Glasgow
3,796
3.4.1916
65 miles NW x W from Cape Serrat / Immingham - Gibraltar & Alexandria Captured by submarine U.34 and torpedoed
ELLASTON W. S. Miller & Co, Glasgow
3,192
16.3.1918
180 miles W x S from Palma, Canary Islands / Barry - Sierra Leone Captured by submarine U.152 and sunk with bombs
ELLEN HARRISON (S.V.)
103
29.4.1917
7 miles NW from Cherbourg / Cardiff - Isigny, France Shelled and sunk by submarine UB.32
ELLEN JAMES (S.V.)
165
3.4.1917
Bay of Biscay / Huelva - Penryn Captured by submarine UC.71 and sunk with bombs
ELLERSLIE (Admiralty collier) Hansen Bros, Cardiff
3,854
20.10.1917
Michel Reef, Mozambique / Cardiff & Durban - Zanzibar Wrecked
ELLESMERE H. Watson & Co, Manchester
1,170
9.7.1915
48 miles SW from Smalls / Valencia - Manchester Captured by submarine U.20 and torpedoed
ELMGROVE Alexander & Mair, Glasgow
3,018
29.5.1916
96 miles NE from Algiers / Toulon - Huelva Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
ELMMOOR W. Runciman & Co, Newcastle
3,744
23.5.1917
36 miles E x S from Syracuse / Karachi - Leghorn Torpedoed by submarine UC.67
ELMSGARTH L. Macarthy, Newcastle
3,503
29.9.1917
50 miles NW ½ W from Tory Island / Kingston, Jamaica & Matanzas - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.61
ELOBY Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
6,545
19.7.1917
75 miles SE x S from Malta / voyage not known Torpedoed by submarine U.38
ELSENA Joseph Monks & Co, Liverpool
335
22.11.1917
16 miles SE ½ S from S. Arklow lightship / Waterford - Manchester Captured by submarine U.97 and shelled
ELSIE BIRDETT
118
30.4.1918
Off Azores / Oporto - Burgeo, NF. Sunk by submarine U.152
ELSINORE C. T. Bowring, London
6,542
11.9.1914
80 miles SW x W from Cape Corrientes / Corinto - San Luis Obispo Captured by cruiser LEIPZIG and shelled
ELSISTON W. S. Miller & Co, Glasgow
2,908
19.10.1917
150 miles E x S ½ S from Malta / Malta - Suda Bay Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.14
ELSWICK LODGE Weidner, Hopkins & Co, Newcastle
3,558
20.8.1917
260 miles W x S from Ushant / Buenos Aires - Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine U.93
ELSWICK MANOR Weidner, Hopkins & Co, Newcastle
3,943
19.4.1917
180 miles W from Ushant / Tyne - Naples Torpedoed by submarine U.84
ELTERWATER Sharp & Co, Newcastle
1,228
16.12.1914
3 miles E from Scarborough / Newcastle - London Mined
ELVE Ocean S.S. Co, Liverpool
899
12.10.1917
Atlantic in position 46.23N 11.19W / Oporto - London Torpedoed by submarine U.22
EMBLA J. T. Salvesen & Co, Leith
1,172
24.12.1915
3 miles ESE from Tongue lightship, Thames / London - Dunkirk Mined
EMBLETON Steel, Young & Co, London
5,377
11.9.1917
150 miles W from Cape Spartel / Tyne - Savona Captured by submarine U.63 and shelled
EMILIE
1,635
10.4.1918
Helsingfors Harbour / Reval - Helsingfors Sunk by British to avoid capture
EMILY MILLINGTON (S.V.)
111
20.10.1918
13 miles NNE from S. Bishop / Par - Preston Captured by submarine and shelled
EMLYNVERNE Emlyn-Jones & Co, Cardiff
544
25.11.1916
30 miles NW x N from Cape Antifer / Treport - Swansea Captured by submarine UB.18 and shelled
EMMA Turnbull Bros., Cardiff
2,520
20.4.1917
200 miles SW x S from Fastnet / Baltimore & Fayal - Clyde Torpedoed by submarine UC.50
EMMA (S.V.)
73
5.9.1917
8 miles N x W from Sept Iles / St. Malo - Fowey Captured by submarine and shelled
EMPRESS W. Coupland & Co, Newcastle
2,914
31.7.1917
4½ miles E x S ½ S from Withernsea light / Tyne - Southend Mined
EMPRESS OF FORT WILLIAM Empress Transportation Co. of Midland Ltd, Ontario
2,181
27.2.1916
2 miles S from Dover / Tyne - Dunkirk Mined
EMPRESS OF MIDLAND Canada Steamship Lines, Montreal
2,224
27.3.1916
9 miles S from Kentish Knock lightship, Thames / Tyne - Rouen Mined
ENDYMION (S.V.)
67
30.3.1917
English Channel / voyage unknown Sunk by submarine
ENERGY (S.V.)
89
15.9.1918
18 miles E x N from Codling lightship / Garston - Youghal Captured by submarine UB.64 and shelled
ENGLAND J. F. Drughorn Ltd, London
3,798
23.5.1917
40 miles S x E from Cape Bon / Cardiff & Bizerta - Malta Captured by submarine U.65 and sunk with bombs
ENGLISH MONARCH Raeburn & Verel Ltd, Glasgow
4,947
18.6.1917
300 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Clyde - Genoa Torpedoed by submarine U.24
ENGLISHMAN Dominion Line, Liverpool
5,257
24.3.1916
30 miles NE from Malin Head / Avonmouth - Portland, Maine Captured by submarine U.43 and torpedoed
ENIDWEN W & C. T. Jones & Co, Cardiff
3,594
8.6.1917
170 miles NW from Fastnet / Cuba - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.69
ENNISMORE J. Cormack & Co, Leith
1,499
29.12.1917
23 miles E from Girdleness / Tyne - Christiania Torpedoed by submarine UC.58
ENNISTOWN Harrison, Sons & Co, Cardiff
689
24.3.1917
10 miles SE from S. Arklow lightship / Dublin - Cardiff Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
ENOSIS P. Wigham Richardson & Co, London
3,409
18.11.1915
150 miles ESE from Malta / Barry - Malta Captured by submarine U.33 and torpedoed
EPTALOFOS J. A. Mango & Co, London
4,431
23.3.1917
47 miles NW from Malta / Malta - Kingston, Jamaica Torpedoed by submarine U.64
EPTAPYRGION J. A. Mango & Co, London
4,307
23.4.1917
150 miles W x S from Scilly Islands / Montevideo - Cherbourg Torpedoed by submarine U.53
ERA Australian Steamships Ltd, Melbourne
2,379
1.5.1918
18 miles NE x E from Cape Tenez / Porto Ferrajo - Glasgow Torpedoed by submarine UC.27
ERATO Wilson Line, Hull
2,041
1.9.1917
4 miles SE from the Lizard / Dunkirk - Barry Roads Mined
ERETRIA W. Thomson & Co, St. John, N.B.
3,464
13.5.1916
15 miles SSW from Ile d'Yeu, Biscay / Tampa - La Pallice Mined
ERIC CALVERT J. Mitchell & Sons, Dundee
1,862
22.4.1918
4 miles SSW from St. Anthony Point / Penarth - Boulogne Torpedoed by submarine UB.103
ERICA (S.V.)
167
8.3.1918
5 miles SW from Bardsey Island / Fowey - Preston Captured by submarine U.110 and shelled
ERIK J. Baird Ltd, St. John's, NF.
583
25.8.1918
70 miles NW x W from St. Pierre, NF. / St. John's, NF - Sydney, N.S. Captured by submarine U.156 and sunk with bombs
ERME
116
2.7.1918
240 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Cork - Arctic Captured by submarine U.53 and sunk with bombs
ERMENILDA (S.V.)
94
4.8.1916
24 miles SSW from Portland Bill / Guernsey - Poole Captured by submarine UB.18 and sunk with bombs
ERMINE (Fleet Messenger) G & T. Burns Ltd, Glasgow
1,777
2.8.1917
Aegean Sea / Saros - Mudros on Government service Mined
ERNA BOLDT Everett & Newbigin, Newcastle
1,731
9.6.1915
½ mile NE x E from Sunk lightship, Thames / Tyne - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.11
EROS The Shipping Controller, managed by Fisher, Renwick & Co, Newcastle
1,122
17.8.1918
2 miles NE x N from Filey Brig / Tyne - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.113
ESCRICK W. Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff
4,151
16.8.1918
360 miles NW x N from Cape Finisterre / La Rochelle - Montreal Torpedoed by submarine U.90
ESKIMO Wilson Line, Hull
3,326
26.7.1916
Off Risoer in Norwegian territorial waters / Christiania - Newcastle Captured by aux. cruiser VINETA and taken to Germany. 1919 returned to Wilson Line
ESKMERE H. Greenhalgh, Liverpool
2,293
13.10.1917
15 miles WNW from South Stack / Belfast - Barry Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
ESMERALDAS Pacific Steam Nav. Co, Liverpool
4,678
10.3.1917
420 miles W x N from Lisbon / Liverpool - Newport News Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
ESNEH Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
3,247
31.5.1917
190 miles NW x N from Tory Island / Liverpool - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.69
ESSONITE William Robertson, Glasgow
589
1.2.1917
3 miles NNW from Trevose Head / Caernarvon - Rochester Torpedoed by submarine U.55
ESTRELLA The Shipping Controller, managed by Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
1,740
5.3.1918
5 miles S ½ W from Shipwash lightship / Le Havre - Tyne Mined
ESTRELLANO Ellerman Papayanni Line, Liverpool
1,161
31.10.1917
14 miles W x N ½ N from Pilier Island / Oporto - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.71
ETAL MANOR J. Fenwick & Son, London
1,875
19.9.1917
7 miles S x W from Hook Point, Waterford / Barry - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine UC.48
ETHEL Burdick & Cook, London
2,336
16.9.1918
8 miles SE from Berry Head / Rouen - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.104
ETHEL (S.V.)
100
26.4.1918
19 miles N ¾ E from the Smalls / Cardiff - New Ross Captured by submarine U.91 and shelled
ETHEL DUNCAN J. T. Duncan & Co, Cardiff
2,510
18.10.1916
40 miles WNW from Noop Head, Orkney / Cardiff - ? Captured by submarine U.20 and torpedoed
ETHELBRYHTA R. Harrowing & Co, Whitby
3,084
30.7.1916
11 miles WSW from Pantellaria / St. Louis du Rhone - Salonica Captured by submarine U.35 and shelled
ETHELINDA R. Harrowing & Co, Whitby
3,257
29.1.1918
15 miles NW from the Skerries, Anglesey / Bilbao - Barrow Torpedoed by submarine U.103
ETHIOPE Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
3,794
28.5.1915
40 miles SW x S from Start Point / Hull & London - Calabar Captured by submarine U.41 and torpedoed
ETONIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
6,515
23.3.1918
34 miles S x E ½ E from Old Head of Kinsale / Liverpool - Boston, Mass. Torpedoed by submarine U.61
ETTON H. Samman, Hull
2,831
20.9.1916
Entrance to White Sea / Barry - Archangel Mined
EUDORA (S.V.) T. Shure & Co, Liverpool
1,991
14.2.1917
30 miles SSW from Fastnet / Buenos Aires - Queenstown Captured by submarine UC.33 and shelled
EUMAEUS Ocean S.S. Co, Liverpool
6,696
26.2.1918
24 miles NNE from Ile de Vierge / Yokohama - London Torpedoed by submarine U.55
EUPHORBIA J. Robinson & Sons, North Shields
3,837
16.7.1916
56 miles NE from Algiers / Calcutta - London Torpedoed by submarine U.39
EUPHORBIA J. Robinson & Sons, North Shields
3,109
1.12.1917
14 miles E x S from Royal Sovereign lightship / Bassein - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
EUPION British Tanker Co, London
3,575
3.10.1918
10 miles W from Loop Head, R. Shannon / Philadelphia - Limerick Torpedoed by submarine UB.123
EUSTON Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff
2,841
24.10.1917
37 miles SW from Cape Matapan / Cardiff & Malta - Mudros Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.14
EUTERPE Osborn & Wallis, Cardiff
1,522
7.1.1916
North Sea / Huelva - Tees Mined
EVELINE Pyman, Bell & Co, Newcastle
2,605
20.12.1917
9½ miles S ½ W from Berry Head / Barry - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
EXCELLENCE PLESKE The Shipping Controller, managed by Lambert Bros, London
2,059
31.3.1918
2½ miles SSE from Dungeness / Bilbao - Middlesbrough Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
EXCELLENT J. Westoll, Sunderland
1,944
9.1.1917
40 miles NW from Noop Head, Orkneys / Penarth - Lerwick Captured by submarine U.70 and shelled
EXCHANGE W. Thomas jr, Amlwch
279
23.3.1917
30 miles NW from Cayeux / voyage unknown Captured by submarine UB.39 and shelled
EXFORD W. J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff
5,886
14.7.1917
180 miles W x S ½ S from Ushant / New York - Cherbourg Torpedoed by submarine U.48
EXPRESS (S.V.)
115
7.6.1915
44 miles SW ½ W from Smalls / voyage unknown Captured by submarine U.35 and sunk with bombs
EZEL (S.V.)
163
8.9.1917
20 miles N from St. Valery en Caux / Teignmouth - Treport Captured by submarine UC.51 and shelled

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