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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - R
NAME
OWNERS
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
R. B. 10 (barge) War Office
     -
12.9.1917
 18 miles W x N from Cape Sines Captured by submarine UB.50 and sunk with bombs
R. B. 6 (barge) War Office
     -
21.8.1917
 130 miles WNW from Ushant Captured by submarine and sunk with bombs
RADNORSHIRE Royal Mail S.P. Co, London
4,310
7.1.1917
 110 miles E from Pernambuco / Santos - London Captured by cruiser MÖWE and sunk with bombs
RAGNHILD Pelton S.S. Co, Newcastle
1,495
3.9.1917
 14 miles S x E ¼ E from Flamborough Head / Tyne - Rouen Captured and shelled by submarine UB.30
RALLUS Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,752
27.9.1916
 45 miles NE x N from Dragonera Island / Glasgow - Palermo Torpedoed and sunk by submarine U.35
RALOO Thomas Jack, Larne
1,012
17.6.1917
 6 miles SE x E from Coningbeg lightship / Newport, Mon. - Cork Torpedoed by submarine U.61
RAMAZAN H. Fernie & Sons, Liverpool
3,477
19.9.1915
 55 miles SW from Cerigotto Island / ? - Salonica Captured and shelled by submarine U.35
RAMILLIES John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,935
21.7.1917
 120 miles WNW from Tory Island / Troon - Huelva Captured and shelled by submarine U.58
RAMSGARTH South Metropolitan Gas Co, London
1,553
28.11.1916
 11 miles E x S from Owers lightship / Cardiff - Tyne Captured by submarine UB.39 and sunk with bombs
RANGER
79
19.7.1918
 20 miles NW from Barra Head / Fleetwood - Thorshavn, Faroes Captured by submarine UB.64 and sunk with bombs
RANZA Lambert & Barnett, Cardiff
2,320
1.8.1915
 50 miles SW from Ushant / Tyne - Gibraltar Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.28
RAPALLO Furness, Withy & Co, London / Gulf Line
3,811
18.1.1918
 1¼ miles S from Cape Peloro, Sicily / Taranto - Messina Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.28
RAPPAHANNOCK Furness, Withy & Co, London
3,871
26.10.1916
 70 miles from Scilly Isles / Halifax, N.S. - London Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.69
RAVENHILL (S.V.)
1,826
18.4.1916
 78 miles SE x S from Fastnet / Port Natal - Falmouth Captured and shelled by submarine U.69
RAVENSBOURNE South Metropolitan Gas Co, London
1,226
31.1.1917
 8 miles SE from the Tyne / Tyne - London Mined
REAPWELL H. E. Moss & Co, Liverpool
3,417
27.11.1916
 148 miles NW x N from Alexandria / Cardiff - Malta & Port Said Torpedoed by submarine U.39
REDBREAST (Fleet Messenger) G & T. Burns Ltd, Glasgow
1,313
15.7.1917
 Aegean Sea / Government Service Torpedoed by submarine UC.38
REDESMERE Harold R. Greenhalgh, Liverpool
2,123
28.10.1917
 6 miles WSW from St. Catherines / Barry - Southampton Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
REFUGIO Orders & Handford Ltd, Newport, Mon
2,642
12.5.1917
 115 miles NW ½ W from Tory Island / Ardrossan - Huelva Captured and shelled by submarine U.57
REMEMBRANCE (Special Service Ship) M. Embiricos, London
3,660
14.8.1916
 N from Paros Island, Aegean / Government Service Torpedoed by submarine U.38
REMUS G. B. Wadsworth, Goole
1,079
23.2.1918
 6 miles SSW from Copinsay, Orkney / Longhope, Orkney - ? Torpedoed by submarine UC.59
RENFREW A. Munro Sutherland, Newcastle
3,488
3.7.1915
 85 miles SW x S from Wolf Rock / Marseilles - Barry Roads Captured and shelled by submarine U.39
RENFREW B. J. Sutherland & Co, Newcastle
3,830
24.2.1918
 8 miles SW from St. Ann's Head / Bilbao - Barrow Torpedoed by submarine U.91
REPTON Galbraith, Repton & Co, London
2,881
7.5.1917
 45 miles SSE from Cape Matapan / Hull & Malta - Mudros Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
RESTORMEL John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,118
19.8.1915
 28 miles NNW from Bishop Rock / Seville - Clyde Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.38
REVENTAZON Elders & Fyffes Ltd, Liverpool
4,050
5.10.1918
 14 miles W x S from Kassandra Point, Gulf of Salonika / Salonika - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UC.23
REWA (Hospital Ship) British India S.N. Co, London
7,306
4.1.1918
 19 miles W ¼ S from Hartland Point / Mudros - Avonmouth Torpedoed by submarine U.55
RHEA The Shipping Controller, managed by Lougher & Co, Cardiff
1,308
22.6.1918
 Off Etaples / Tyne - Rouen Mined
RHENASS
285
22.5.1916
 Off Aldeburgh / Jarrow - Calais Mined
RHINELAND Donald Currie & Co, London
1,501
11.11.1915
 6½ miles SE ½ S from Southwold / Tees - Nantes Mined
RHODANTHE London Marine S.S. Co, London
3,061
4.3.1917
 330 miles NNW from St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands / Algiers - Jamaica Captured and sunk by cruiser MÖWE
RHODESIA Oliver & Co, London
4,313
11.10.1917
 7 miles SE x S from Coningbeg lightship / Puerto Mexico & Norfolk, Va. - London Torpedoed by submarine U.61
RHONA M. Murphy Ltd, Dublin
640
27.11.1916
 19 miles NW x N from Guernsey / Cardiff - Servan Captured by submarine UB.18 and sunk with bombs
RHYDWEN W & C. T. Jones Ltd, Cardiff
4,799
18.4.1917
 170 miles NW x W ½ W from Fastnet / Galveston - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine U.67
RIBERA Bolton Steam Shipping Co, London
3,500
27.9.1914
 210 miles W x N from Colombo / Alexandria - Java Captured by cruiser EMDEN, sunk by HMAS SYDNEY on 9.11.1914.
RIBERA Humphries Ltd, Cardiff
3,511
10.6.1917
 70 miles N from Cape Wrath / Cardiff - Archangel Torpedoed by submarine U.61
RIBSTON Moller & Co, London
3,372
16.7.1917
 85 miles W from Fastnet / Melilla - Clyde Torpedoed by submarine U.45
RIBSTON R. Sargeant & Sons, West Hartlepool
3,048
23.4.1916
 66 miles W x S from Ushant / Cardiff - Mediterranean Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.19
RICHARD DE LARRINAGA Larrinaga & Co, Liverpool
5,591
8.10.1917
 15 miles SE ½ S from Ballycottin Island / Manchester - Galveston Torpedoed by submarine U.57
RICHMOND Watts, Watts & Co, London
3,214
1.7.1915
 54 miles SW x S from Wolf Rock / Gulfport - Boulogne Captured and shelled by submarine U.39
RIEVAULX ABBEY J. H. N. Ringrose, Hull
1,166
3.9.1916
 ¾ mile ENE from Rosse Spit Buoy, Humber / Rotterdam - Hull Mined
RINALDO Wilson Line, Hull
4,321
18.4.1917
 18 miles W x N from Cape Shershel / Tees & Hull - Bombay Torpedoed by submarine U.32
RIO CLARO Petersen & Co, London
3,687
5.1.1918
 Rapallo Bay / Leghorn - Cartagena Torpedoed by submarine U.63
RIO COLORADO Petersen & Co, London
3,565
22.3.1917
 Entrance to River Tyne / La Plata - Tyne Mined
RIO IGUASSU Petersen & Co, London
3,817
22.9.1914
 155 miles SW ½ W from St. Paul Rocks / Tyne - Rio de Janeiro Captured by cruiser KARLSRUHE and sunk with bombs
RIO LAGES T. Lewis & Co, Cardiff
3,591
26.4.1917
 155 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Norfolk, Va. - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.69
RIO PALLARESA Bicket & Co, Liverpool
4,034
29.7.1918
 62 miles ENE from Malta / Alexandria - Hull Torpedoed by submarine UC.25
RIO PARANA Petersen & Co, London
4,015
24.2.1915
 4 miles SE from Beachy Head / Tyne - Porteferrajo Torpedoed by submarine U.8
RIO PIRAHY G. C. Shepton, Cardiff
3,561
28.10.1916
 60 miles S from Cape St. Vincent / Leghorn - Barry Roads Captured by submarine U.63 and sunk with bombs
RIO SOROCABA Petersen & Co, London
4,307
21.3.1917
 10 miles S from Eddystone / Port Louis - Le Havre Captured by submarine UC.48 and sunk with bombs
RIO TIETE Petersen & Co, London
7,464
28.3.1916
 140 miles W from Ushant / Barry - Alexandria Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.28
RIO VERDE Petersen & Co, London
4,025
21.2.1918
 4 miles W from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway / Clyde - Milford Haven Torpedoed by submarine U.86
RIVER FORTH Petersen & Co, London
4,421
3.3.1917
 60 miles S x E from Malta / Barry - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine UC.35
RIVERSDALE R. C. Thompson, Sunderland
2,805
18.12.1917
 1 mile S from Prawle Point / Tyne - Savona Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
ROANOKE Furness, Withy & Co, London
4,803
12.8.1917
 100 miles WNW from Butt of Lewis / Leith - Philadelphia Captured by submarine UB.48 and sunk with bombs
ROB ROY (S.V.)
112
26.1.1918
 20 miles SW from St. Catherines / Fecamp - Teignmouth Captured and shelled by submarine UC.64
ROBERT ADAMSON James Westoll, Sunderland
2,978
10.4.1916
 3 miles N x E from Shipwash lightship / Dundee - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine UB.16
ROBERT BROWN (S.V.)
119
19.11.1917
 25 miles WNW from Hartland Point / Fowey - Runcorn Captured by submarine UC.77 and sunk with bombs
ROBERT EGGLETON James Westoll, Sunderland
2,274
28.12.1917
 10 miles SW from Bardsey Island / Clyde - Leghorn Torpedoed by submarine U.91
ROBERT MORRIS (S.V.)
146
20.11.1917
 155 miles WSW from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Lisbon Captured by submarine U.90 and sunk with bombs
ROCHESTER CASTLE (S.V.)
102
16.4.1917
 5 miles WSW from Cape Gris Nez / Dieppe - London Captured and shelled by submarine UB.36
ROCHESTER CITY William A. Watson, Sunderland
1,239
2.5.1916
 3 miles E from Southwold / Seaham - Rochester Mined
ROCKCLIFFE G. T. Readhead & Co, Newcastle
3,073
2.7.1916
 Black Sea / voyage unknown Torpedoed by submarine U.38
ROCKPOOL Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
4,502
2.3.1918
 12 miles NE x N from Eagle Island / New Orleans - Dublin Torpedoed by submarine U.94
RODDAM Stephens, Sutton & Stephens Ltd, Newcastle
3,218
26.9.1916
 76 miles ESE from Barcelona / Savona - Barry Roads Captured and shelled by submarine U.35
ROHILLA (Hospital Ship) British India S.N. Co, London
7,409
30.10.1914
 South of Whitby / Leith - Dunkirk Stranded on rocks
ROLLESBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,955
15.9.1917
 80 miles ENE from Muckle Flugga / Cardiff - Archangel Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.48
ROMA (S.V.)
99
30.11.1916
 Off East Coast of Sardinia / Naples - St. John's, NF. Captured and shelled by submarine U.63
ROMANY Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London
3,983
27.4.1918
 47 miles SW x W ¾ W from Cape Spartivento, Sardinia / Marseilles - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UB.48
ROMEO Wilson Line, Hull
1,730
3.3.1918
 7 miles S from Mull of Galloway / ? - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.102
ROMFORD Watts, Watts & Co, London
3,035
10.2.1918
 2½ miles E from Cape Carthage / Tunis & Bizerta - U.K. Torpedoed by submarine UC.54
ROMNY The Shipping Controller, managed by Lambert Bros, London
1,024
26.2.1918
 10 miles NNE from Cape Barfleur / Rouen - Swansea Torpedoed by submarine UB.74
ROMSDALEN G. B. Harland & Co, West Hartlepool
2,548
17.2.1917
 10 miles SW from Portland Bill / Swansea - Calais Torpedoed by submarine U.84
RONA James Currie & Co, Leith
1,312
18.6.1916
 90 miles W from Cape Falcone, Sardinia / Genoa - Lisbon Captured and shelled by submarine U.35
ROSALIE John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
4,243
10.8.1915
 3 miles off Blakeney Buoy / Tyne - San Francisco Torpedoed by submarine UB.10
ROSALIE John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
4,237
20.2.1917
 8 miles E from Jidjelli, Algeria / New York - Salonica Torpedoed by submarine U.39
ROSALIND C. T. Bowring, London
6,535
6.4.1917
 180 miles WNW from Fastnet / Port Arthur, Tex. & Norfolk, Va. - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.86
ROSARIO Orders & Handford Ltd, Newport, Mon
1,821
18.8.1917
 SW of Ireland / Huelva - Troon Torpedoed by submarine UC.55
ROSCOMMON Union S.S. Co of New Zealand, London
8,238
21.8.1917
 20 miles NE from Tory Island / Manchester - Australia Torpedoed by submarine U.53
ROSE DOROTHEA (S.V.)
147
16.2.1917
 30 miles SE x E from Cape St. Vincent / St. John's, NF - Oporto Captured by submarine U.21 and sunk with bombs
ROSE LEA Hansen Brothers, Cardiff
2,830
14.3.1917
 230 miles W from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Malta Torpedoed by submarine U.62
ROSE MARIE Robert S. Gardiner, Newcastle
2,220
5.1.1918
 13 miles SE from N. Arklow lightship / Scapa Flow - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine U.61
ROSEBANK George Pyman & Co, West Hartlepool
3,837
31.5.1917
 120 miles N from Benghazi / Port Said - Malta Torpedoed by submarine UC.73
ROSEHILL W. J. Tillett & Co, Cardiff
2,788
23.9.1917
 5 miles SW x S from Fowey / Cardiff - Devonport Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
ROSEMOOR W. Runciman & Co, Newcastle
4,303
17.7.1916
 80 miles NE x N from Algiers / Genoa - Hampton Roads Captured by submarine U.39 and sunk with bombs
ROSEMOUNT John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
3,044
6.8.1917
 45 miles NE x N ½ N from Muckle Flugga / Archangel - Lerwick Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.101
ROSS John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,666
22.4.1916
 108 miles W x N from Bishop Rock / Seville - Clyde Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.19
ROTA Furness, Withy & Co, London
2,171
22.7.1917
 7 miles S from Berry Head / Benisaf - Middlesbrough Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
ROTHESAY John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,007
5.3.1916
 30 miles SW from Bishop Rock / Seville - Troon Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.32
ROTORUA New Zealand Shipping Co, London
11,140
22.3.1917
 24 miles E from Start Point / Wellington & Newport News - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.17
ROUMANIE R. Mackie & Co, Leith
2,599
2.9.1915
 40 miles NNW from St. Kilda, Hebrides / Archangel - Clyde Captured by submarine U.20 and sunk with bombs
ROWANMORE Furness, Withy & Co, London / Johnston Line
10,320
26.10.1916
 128 miles WNW from Fastnet / Baltimore - Liverpool Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.57
ROWENA Herskind & Co, West Hartlepool
3,017
18.4.1917
 95 miles W x S ½ S from Bishop Rock / Alexandria - Hull Torpedoed by submarine U.84
ROXBURGH A. Munro Sutherland, Newcastle
4,630
4.3.1918
 15 miles E x N ½ N from Cape St. John, Crete / Karachi - Salonica Torpedoed by submarine UC.74
ROYAL EDWARD Canadian Northern Steamships Ltd, Toronto
11,117
13.8.1915
 6 miles from Kandeliusa, Aegean Sea / Avonmouth & Alexandria - Mudros Torpedoed by submarine UB.14
RUABON John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
2,004
2.5.1916
 160 miles W x S ½ S from Ushant / Seville - Troon Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.20
RUBIO Orders & Handford Ltd, Newport, Mon
2,395
25.2.1918
 4 miles N ½ E from Shipwash lightship / Blyth - London Mined
RUBY
226
29.3.1917
 2½ miles from Auskerry, Orkney Isles / Leith - Kirkwall Mined
RUEL Turnbull Bros., Cardiff
4,029
3,561
 45 miles SW from Bishop Rock / Malta - Barry Roads Captured and shelled by submarine U.38
RUNO Wilson Line, Hull
1,679
5.9.1914
 22 miles E x N from the Tyne / Hull - Archangel Mined
RUNSWICK William Reardon Smith & Sons, Cardiff
3,060
18.4.1918
 3 miles N from Trevose Head / Newport, Mon. - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.109
RUPERRA John Cory & Sons, Cardiff
4,232
20.6.1917
 50 miles E x S from Pantellaria / Port Sudan - London Torpedoed by submarine UC.27
RUSSIAN F. Leyland & Co, Liverpool
8,825
14.12.1916
 210 miles E x S from Malta / Salonica - Newport, Mon. Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
RUSTINGTON Bell, Symondson & Co, London
3,071
25.7.1917
 235 miles W x S from Ushant / Aquilas - Cardiff Torpedoed by submarine U.54
RUTH HICKMAN (S.V.)
417
24.5.1918
 60 miles NNW from Graciosa, Azores / Cadiz - St. John's, NF. Captured by submarine U.62 and sunk with bombs
RUTHERGLEN MacLay & McIntyre, Glasgow
4,214
24.7.1918
 50 miles ESE from Port Mahon / Newport, Mon. - Genoa Torpedoed by submarine UB.50
RUYSDAEL W. J. Williams, Cardiff
3,478
7.9.1918
 228 miles W ¾ S from Ushant / Barry - Taranto Torpedoed by submarine U.105
RYDAL HALL Ellerman Hall Line, Liverpool
3,314
1.12.1917
 14 miles E x S from Royal Sovereign lightship / Calcutta - Dunkirk Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
RYE Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co, Goole
986
7.4.1918
 19 miles N x W ½ W from Cape Antifer / Newhaven - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.74
RYTONHALL Guthe Brothers Ltd, West Hartlepool
4,203
2.9.1917
 105 miles W ½ S from Ushant / Montreal - Falmouth Captured and torpedoed by submarine UC.69

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