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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - O

NAME
OWNER
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
OAKBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
1,976
23.2.1915
4 miles E x N from Royal Sovereign lightship / London - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine U.8
OAKLEAF Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, London
8,106
25.7.1917
64 miles NW ¼ N from Butt of Lewis / Invergordon - Port Arthur, Texas Torpedoed by submarine UC.41
OAKWELL
248
28.3.1917
3 miles NE x N from Robin Hood Bay / Seaham - London Mined
OAKWOOD J. I. Jacobs & Co, London
4,279
11.8.1915
45 miles SSE from Old Head of Kinsale / Liverpool - Cienfuegos Captured and shelled by submarine U.38
OBSIDIAN William Robertson, Glasgow
742
10.4.1918
Sveaborg Roads, Baltic / voyage unknown Scuttled by British naval personnel to avoid capture
OBUASI Elder, Dempster & Co, London
4,416
8.7.1917
290 miles NW x W ¼ W from Fastnet / Dakar - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.39
OCEAN Cory Colliers Ltd, London
1,442
23.11.1917
4 miles E x N from Hartlepool / Granton - London Torpedoed by submarine UB.21
OCEAN FISHER (Special Service Ship)
96
16.6.1918
North Sea / Admiralty service Mined
OCEAN SWELL (S.V.)
195
5.7.1917
15 miles SE from Start Point / Granville - Fowey Captured and shelled by submarine UB.31
OILFIELD Hunting & Son, Newcastle
4,000
16.3.1918
15 miles NW from Cape Wrath / Grangemouth & Methil - New York Torpedoed by submarine U.90, beached, refloated and wrecked
OKEMENT James Westoll, Sunderland
4,349
17.2.1917
140 miles SW x S from Malta / Barry - ? Torpedoed by submarine U.64
OKHLA British India S.N. Co, London
5,288
29.7.1917
30 miles W from Bombay / Rangoon - Bombay Mined
OLDFIELD GRANGE Houlder Bros, London
4,653
11.12.1917
30 miles NE from Tory Island / New York - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine U.62
OLIVE Turnbull Bros, Cardiff
3,678
22.7.1916
10 miles NW x N from Cape Corbelin, Algeria / Algiers - Salonica Captured and shelled by submarine U.39
OLIVE BRANCH F. W. Ritson, Sunderland
4,649
2.9.1917
85 miles N x E ½ E from North Cape / Liverpool - Archangel Torpedoed by submarine U.28
OLIVIA
242
11.2.1917
21 miles SW ½ S from Bardsey Island / Garston - Portreath Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
OLIVINE William Robertson, Glasgow
634
4.4.1915
30 miles S from St. Catherines Point / Guernsey - Calais Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.33
OMRAH Orient Steam Nav. Co, London
8,130
12.5.1918
40 miles SW ¾ S from Cape Spartivento, Sardinia / Marseilles - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine UB.52
OOLA Limerick S.S. Co, Limerick
2,494
26.10.1916
22 miles NE x N from North Cape / Tyne - Archangel Captured by submarine U.56 and sunk with bombs
OOPACK Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool
3,883
4.10.1918
110 miles E from Malta / Milo Island - Malta Torpedoed by submarine UB.68
OPAL William Robertson, Glasgow
599
18.12.1916
Off Isle of Man / Llandulas - Belfast & Clyde Mined
ORAMA (Armed Merchant Cruiser) Orient Steam Nav. Co, London
12,927
19.10.1917
Atlantic in position 48.00N 09.20W / Government Service Torpedoed by Submarine U.62
ORANGE PRINCE Prince Line Ltd, Newcastle
3,583
15.11.1915
85 miles SW x W from Gavdo Island / Avonmouth & Alexandria - Mudros Torpedoed by submarine U.34
ORATOR T & J. Harrison, Liverpool
3,563
8.6.1917
84 miles WNW from Fastnet / Pernambuco - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.96
ORFORDNESS Letricheux & David Ltd, Swansea
2,790
20.7.1918
2½ miles W x N from Newquay / Rouen - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine U.60
ORIFLAMME Lane & MacAndrew Ltd, London
3,764
25.11.1917
9 miles S from Nab lightship / New York - Le Havre & Rouen Mined
ORIGEN Booth S.S. Co, Liverpool
3,545
30.6.1918
115 miles W ¼ S from Ushant / London - Oporto Torpedoed by submarine U.86
ORIOLE General Steam Nav. Co, London
1,489
30.1.1915
English Channel / London - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine U.20
ORISSA Pacific Steam Nav. Co, Liverpool
5,358
25.6.1918
21 miles SW x W ¼ W from Skerryvore / Liverpool - Philadelphia Torpedoed by submarine UB.73
ORLOCK HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
1,945
12.4.1916
65 miles SE from Barcelona / Genoa & Valencia - Glasgow Captured and shelled by submarine U.34
ORONSA Pacific Steam Nav. Co, Liverpool
8,075
28.4.1918
12 miles W from Bardsey Island / Talcahuano, Chile & New York - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.91
ORONSAY James Gardiner & Co, Glasgow
3,761
28.12.1916
48 miles SE from Malta / Calcutta - Dundee Torpedoed by submarine UC.22
ORTERIC Andrew Weir & Co, London
6,535
9.12.1915
140 miles SE x E ½ E from Gavdo Island / Antofagasta - Alexandria Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.39
ORTOLAN General Steam Nav. Co, London
1,727
14.6.1917
100 miles WSW from Bishop Rock / Genoa - London Torpedoed by submarine U.82
ORTONA Furness, Withy & Co, London
5,524
21.6.1917
140 miles SSW from Fastnet / Philadelphia - London Torpedoed by submarine U.50
ORUBIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
3,876
31.7.1917
160 miles NW ½ W from Eagle Island / Liverpool - Colon Torpedoed by submarine U.82
OSLO Wilson Line, Hull
2,296
21.8.1917
15 miles E x N from Out Skerries, Shetland / Drontheim - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.87
OSMANIEH Khedivial Mail S.S. Co, London
4,041
31.12.1917
Entrance to Alexandria / voyage unknown Mined
OSPREY Hugh Flinn, Liverpool
310
12.8.1915
40 miles NE x N from Nush Terragh, Co. Kerry / Baltimore, Ireland - Cleggan Captured and shelled by submarine U.24
OSTPREUSSEN The Admiralty, managed by Everett & Newbigin, Newcastle
1,779
25.11.1917
1½ miles E from Shipwash lightship / Sunderland - London Mined
OSWALD Booth S.S. Co, Liverpool
5,185
23.4.1917
200 miles NW from Fastnet / Sabine - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.50
OSWEGO Wilson Line, Hull
5,793
29.5.1917
175 miles W ½ S from Bishop Rock / New York - Hull Torpedoed by submarine U.86
OTAKI New Zealand Shipping Co, Plymouth
9,575
10.3.1917
420 miles W ¾ S from Lisbon / London - New Zealand Captured by cruiser MÖWE and torpedoed
OTIS TETRAX E. P. Atkinson & Sons, Goole
996
20.8.1918
28 miles S ¼ E from Flamborough Head / Methil - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine, probably UB.112
OTTO (S.V.)
139
4.1.1918
10 miles SSW from St. John's Point, Co. Down / Glasgow - Dundalk Captured and shelled by submarine U.91
OTWAY (Armed Merchant Cruiser) Orient Steam Nav. Co, London
12,077
23.7.1917
N from the Butt of Lewis in position 58.54N 06.28W / Government Service Torpedoed by Submarine UC.49
OVID Glover Bros, London
4,159
25.11.1917
65 miles NE ½ E from Suda Bay / Bombay - Mediterranean Torpedoed by submarine UC.74

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