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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - K

NAME
OWNERS
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
KAFUE Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
6,044
30.4.1918
11 miles SW from Mull of Galloway / Clyde - Calcutta Torpedoed by submarine U.86
KAIPARA New Zealand Shipping Co, Plymouth
7,392
16.8.1914
170 miles S x W from Teneriffe / Lyttelton & Montevideo - Liverpool & London Captured by cruiser KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE and shelled
KALGAN China Navigation Co, London
1,862
6.3.1918
33 miles SW ½ W from Yafa, Syria / voyage unknown Torpedoed by submarine UB.53
KALIBIA Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
4,930
30.11.1917
29 miles SW from the Lizard / Norfolk, Va. - Bordeaux Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
KALLUNDBORG E. Hain & Son, St. Ives
1,590
5.6.1917
80 miles SSW from Toulon / Genoa - Bougie Captured by submarine U.64 and sunk with bombs
KALO Lambert Bros, London
1,957
13.6.1918
18 miles S x E ½ E from Flamborough Head / Tyne - Pauillac Torpedoed by submarine UB.107
KANGAROO (S.V.)
76
18.6.1917
20 miles S from Tuskar Rock / Cardiff - Ballyhack Captured by submarine UC.51 and shelled
KANKAKEE The Admiralty, managed by Everett & Newbigin
3,718
14.6.1917
2 miles NE from Sunk lightship / Newcastle - London Sunk by torpedo from seaplane T.991
KAPUNDA Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
3,383
12.11.1916
205 miles ESE from Malta / Alexandria - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
KARA F. Strick & Co, London
2,338
10.7.1916
Near Pakefield Gap Buoy / Rouen - Tyne Mined
KAREMA Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
5,285
25.11.1917
33 miles SE x E from Cape de Gata, Almeria / Bombay - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.39
KARIBA R. Gordon & Co, London
3,697
13.4.1917
260 miles WNW from Ushant / Java & Dakar - Falmouth Torpedoed by submarine UC.27
KARINA Elder, Dempster & Co, Liverpool
4,222
1.8.1917
17 miles SSW from Hook Point, Waterford / Sierra Leone - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
KARMA R. Gordon & Co, London
3,710
20.7.1916
68 miles NNW from Algiers / Tyne - Porto Ferrajo Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
KARONGA Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
4,665
29.4.1917
Strait of Messina / Newport, Mon. - Bombay Torpedoed by submarine U.63
KARUMA R. Gordon & Co, London
2,995
27.4.1917
5 miles N from Cape Sigli / Malta - U.K. Torpedoed by submarine UC.67
KASENGA Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
4,652
1.4.1917
2 miles the Hormigas, Cape Palos / Newport News - Marseilles Torpedoed by unknown submarine
KASSANGA Maclay & McIntyre, Glasgow
3,015
20.3.1918
23 miles SE x S from S. Arklow lightship / Clyde - ? Torpedoed by submarine U.103
KASSID KARIM (S.V.)
103
4.10.1918
75 miles N from Alexandria / voyage unknown Captured by submarine and shelled
KATE AND ANNIE (S.V.) T. Stamp, Gloucester
96
19.6.1917
25 miles NW x W from Les Hanois / Cardiff - St. Malo Captured by submarine UC.17 and sunk with bombs
KATHERINE Christian Salvesen & Co, West Hartlepool
2,926
23.2.1917
200 miles NE x N ¾ N from St. Paul Rocks / Rosario - Dakar Captured by cruiser MÖWE and sunk on 24th Feb.
KATHLEEN Marcus Samuel & Co, London
3,915
5.8.1917
90 miles W from the Skelligs / Norfolk, Va. - Limerick Torpedoed by submarine U.100
KATHLEEN LILY Hobbs, Linsley & Co, Grimsby
521
29.3.1917
2 miles E from N. Cheek, Robin Hood Bay / Tyne - Boulogne Mined
KEELUNG Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
6,672
27.6.1918
110 miles W ¾ S from Ushant / London - Montreal Torpedoed by submarine U.53
KEEPER J. Bannatyne & Sons, Limerick
572
10.6.1917
Irish Sea / Belfast - Limerick Torpedoed by submarine UC.66
KELSO Wilson Line, Hull
1,292
19.6.1917
33 miles WSW from Bishop Rock / Lisbon - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
KELVINBANK John Black & Co, Glasgow
4,209
22.3.1916
Havre Roads / Buenos Aires - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine UB.18
KELVINBANK John Black & Co, Glasgow
4,072
13.6.1917
100 miles N from Cape Wrath / Clyde - Archangel Torpedoed by submarine U.69
KELVINHEAD John Black & Co, Glasgow
3,063
27.3.1917
¾ mile WSW from Liverpool Bay lightship / Clyde & Liverpool - Buenos Aires Mined
KELVINIA John Black & Co, Glasgow
5,039
2.9.1916
11 miles S from Caldy Island, Bristol Channel / Newport News - Clyde Mined
KEMPOCK John Edwards & Co, Liverpool
255
30.4.1918
6½ miles SE x S from Copeland Islands light / Belfast - Manchester Captured by submarine U.86 and shelled
KENDAL CASTLE J. Chambers & Co, Liverpool
3,885
15.9.1918
4 miles SE from Berry Head / Le Havre - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine UB.103
KENILWORTH R. S. Dalgliesh, Newcastle
2,735
24.4.1917
3½ miles SW x S from St. Mathieu Point, Brest / Cardiff - La Pallice Mined
KENMARE City of Cork S.P. Co, Cork
1,330
2.3.1918
25 miles NW from the Skerries, Anglesey / Liverpool - Cork Torpedoed by submarine U.104
KENMORE Furness, Withy & Co, London
3,919
26.8.1917
30 miles N from Inishtrahull / Liverpool - Boston, Mass. Torpedoed by submarine U.53
KENNETT James Cormack & Co, Leith
1,679
22.9.1616
Gulf of Finland / Petrograd - Reval Torpedoed by submarine U.19
KENNINGTON South Metropolitan Gas Co, London
1,536
12.6.1918
15 miles E from Flamborough Head / London - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine UB.108
KENT COUNTY (Special Service Ship)
86
8.12.1916
Off Cross Sand / Admiralty service Mined
KHARTOUM Anglo-Bretagne Shipping Co, London & Cardiff
3,020
27.11.1914
20 miles ESE from Spurn Point / Tyne - Oran Mined
KHEPHREN Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
2,774
16.7.1917
178 miles E from Malta / Liverpool - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.32
KIA ORA (S.V.)
99
8.2.1918
20 miles N x W from Dieppe / Dieppe - Shoreham Captured by submarine UB.33 and sunk with bombs
KIELDRECHT The Shipping Controller, managed by R & J. H. Rea Ltd, London
1,284
15.6.1918
21 miles E x S from Flamborough Head / Rouen - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine UB.107
KILBRIDE Sale & Co, London
3,712
1.3.1916
30 miles E from Galita Isle, Tunisia / Barry - Malta Captured by submarine U.38 and shelled
KILCOAN Harbinson & MacKean, Belfast
456
30.1.1915
18 miles SW from Liverpool Bay / Garston - Belfast Captured by submarine U.21 and sunk with bombs
KILDALE Headlam & Rowland, Whitby
3,830
12.4.1917
40 miles E x S from Pantellaria / Barry - Malta Torpedoed by submarine U.32
KILDALTON (S.V.) John Hardie & Sons, Glasgow.
1,784
12.12.1914
870 miles SW ¾ S from Valparaiso / Liverpool - Callao Captured by cruiser PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH and sunk with bombs
KILDONAN John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,118
29.9.1917
2 miles NNW from Pendees light / Santander - Ardrossan Torpedoed by submarine UB.35
KILLARNEY (S.V.) J. B. Walmesley & Co, Liverpool.
1,413
8.5.1917
200 miles W x N from Fastnet / Brunswick, Georgia - Liverpool Captured by submarine U.21 and shelled
KILLELLAN J. Reid & Co, Montreal
1,971
8.11.1916
17 miles SW x S ¼ S from Colbart lightship, nr Treport / Tyne - Rouen Captured and torpedoed by submarine UB.40
KILLIN Connell Bros, Ltd, Glasgow
3,544
13.9.1914
410 miles NE x E from Madras / Calcutta - Colombo Captured by cruiser EMDEN and shelled
KILMAHO John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,155
16.5.1917
10 miles WNW from the Lizard / Cardiff - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine UB.20
KILWINNING Bain, Gardner & Co, Glasgow
3,071
24.8.1917
94 miles ESE from Malta / Barry - Port Said Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.14
KINCARDINE A. M. Sutherland, Newcastle
4,108
3.3.1917
20 miles NE from Tearagh Island / Cardiff - Genoa Torpedoed by submarine U.70
KINDLY LIGHT (S.V.) Mrs A. Watkins, Bideford.
116
1.2.1918
10 miles ENE from Trevose Head / Honfleur - Milford Captured by submarine U.101 and shelled
KING BLEDDYN Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
4,387
1.12.1916
30 miles S x W ½ W from Ushant / New York - Le Havre Captured by submarine UC.21 and sunk with bombs
KING DAVID Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
3,680
10.7.1917
360 miles NW ½ W from Fastnet / Brest - Archangel Captured by submarine U.49 and shelled
KING GEORGE Freshfield S.S. Co, Glasgow
3,852
8.12.1916
700 miles E ½ N from Cape Race / Philadelphia - Manchester Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
KING IDWAL Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
3,631
22.11.1917
35 miles E from Girdle Ness / Archangel - Dunkirk Probably mined
KING LUD Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
3,650
25.9.1914
25 miles SSW from Point de Galle / Alexandria - Calcutta Captured by cruiser EMDEN and sunk with bombs
KING MALCOLM Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
4,351
28.11.1916
144 miles NW x N from Alexandria / Marseilles - Mauritius Torpedoed by submarine U.39
KING STEPHEN (Special Service Ship)
162
25.4.1916
North Sea / Admiralty service Captured by destroyer G.41 and sunk by gunfire
KINGSDYKE J. Crass & Co, Newcastle
1,710
17.1.1918
20 miles NE ¾ E from Cape Barfleur / Rouen - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
KINGSTONIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
6,564
11.4.1918
Off Sardinia / Alexandria - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine UB.68 and beached in Carloforte Roadstead, 29.4.1918 again torpedoed during salvage by UB.48, total loss
KINGSWAY Evans (Palin) & Co, Cardiff
3,647
27.11.1915
20 miles ESE from Cape Bon, Tunisia / Malta - Huelva Captured by submarine U.33 and shelled
KINPURNEY (S.V.) J. S. Stewart & Co, London.
1,944
15.1.1917
110 miles W from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Port Nolloth, South Africa Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.84
KINROSS A. M. Sutherland, Newcastle
4,120
7.5.1917
8 miles E x N from Wolf Rock / Fremantle - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.48
KINTUCK Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool
4,639
2.12.1917
8 miles NW x N ½ N from Godrevy light / London - Barry Roads Probably mined
KIOTO Ellerman & Bucknall S.S. Co, London
6,182
11.7.1917
20 miles SW from Fastnet / New York - Manchester Torpedoed by submarine U.87
KIRKBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,034
17.8.1915
23 miles W x S from Bardsey Island / Barry - ? Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.38
KIRKHAM ABBEY J. H. N. Ringrose, Hull
1,166
27.7.1918
2 miles NE x E from Winterton / Rotterdam - Hull Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
KISH Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
4,928
17.4.1917
160 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Iquique - Newport, Mon. Torpedoed by submarine U.67
KITTIWAKE Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,866
9.4.1917
25 miles NW from the Maas lightship / Liverpool - Rotterdam Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
KNARSDALE Glen & Co, Glasgow
1,641
21.12.1915
2¾ miles E x S from Orfordness / Blyth - Sheerness Mined
KNIGHTSGARTH R & J. H. Rea Ltd, London
2,889
5.1.1918
5 miles WNW from Bull Point, Rathlin Island / ? - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine U.91
KNUTSFORD S. Instone & Co, London
3,842
22.7.1916
12 miles NW x N from Cape Corbelin, Algeria / Tunis - Baltimore Captured by submarine U.39 and shelled
KOHINUR Asiatic S.N. Co, London
2,265
25.5.1917
150 miles N from Alexandria / Salonica - Karachi Torpedoed by submarine U.38
KOHISTAN F. Strick & Co, London
4,732
22.11.1917
25 miles W ½ S from Marittimo / Rangoon - U.K. Torpedoed by submarine UC.35
KOSSEIR Khedivial Mail S.S. Co, London
1,855
20.7.1918
40 miles NE x N ½ N from Alexandria / Alexandria - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UB.51
KUL The Shipping Controller, managed by J. Constantine, Middlesbrough
1,095
12.6.1918
3½ miles NE ¼ N from Wolf Rock / Swansea - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.103
KURDISTAN Common Bros., Newcastle
3,720
20.9.1917
27 miles ESE from Pantellaria / Blyth - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.32
KUT SANG Indo-China S.N. Co, Hong Kong
4,895
29.4.1918
40 miles ESE from Cape Palos / Genoa - Gibraltar Torpedoed by submarine UB.105
KWASIND W. F. Bentinck-Smith, Quebec
2,211
11.3.1917
Off Southwold / Bilbao - Hartlepool Mined
KYANITE William Robertson, Glasgow
564
15.2.1917
27 miles SSW from Bardsey Island / Fleetwood - Bristol Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
KYARRA Australasian United S.N. Co, London
6,953
26.5.1918
2 miles SSE from Anvil Point / London - Sydney, NSW. Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
KYNO Wilson Line, Hull
3,034
16.11.1917
9 miles N x E ¾ E from Cape Shershel / Hull - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.63

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