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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - V

NAME
OWNERS
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
VALA (Special Service Ship) J. T. Salvesen & Co, Leith
1,016
20.8.1917
120 miles SW from the Scilly Isles / Government Service Torpedoed by submarine UB.54
VALDES Yeoward Bros, Liverpool
2,233
17.2.1917
7 miles S from Portland Bill / Manchester - Cherbourg Torpedoed by submarine U.84
VALENTIA George Marwood, Whitby
3,242
16.7.1917
70 miles W ½ N from Bishop Rock / Cardiff - Dakar Torpedoed by submarine UC.41
VALETTA Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
5,871
8.7.1917
118 miles NW ¾ W from Fastnet / Montreal - Dublin Torpedoed by submarine U.87
VAN STIRUM The Admiralty, London
3,284
25.12.1915
8 miles SSW from the Smalls / Rouen - Liverpool Captured and torpedoed by submarine U.24
VANDALIA Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
7,333
9.6.1918
18 miles WNW from the Smalls / Liverpool - Montreal Torpedoed by submarine U.96
VANDYCK Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool
10,328
26.10.1914
690 miles W x S from St. Paul Rocks / La Plata - New York Captured by cruiser KARLSRUHE and sunk
VANELLUS Cork S.S. Co, Cork
1,797
1.10.1916
Havre Roads / Portishead - Rouen Mined
VANGUARD (S.V.) Smith Bros. Ltd, Burnham on Crouch
142
16.11.1916
18 miles NW ½ N from Cape Antifer / Honfleur - London Captured by submarine UB.40 and sunk with bombs
VASCO Wilson Line Ltd, Hull
1,914
16.11.1916
10 miles W x S from Beachy Head / Hull - Naples Mined
VAUXHALL T. Lewis & Co, Cardiff
3,629
25.4.1917
110 miles NW x W from Fastnet / Sfax - Dublin Torpedoed by submarine U.69
VEDAMORE Furness, Withy & Co, Liverpool / Johnston Line
6,330
7.2.1917
20 miles W from Fastnet / Baltimore - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.85
VEGHTSTROOM Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool
1,353
23.8.1917
7 miles NW from Godrevy light / Penarth - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine UC.47
VELLORE Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
4,926
25.3.1917
21 miles NW x N from Alexandria / Glasgow - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.63
VENDEE Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
1,295
8.7.1917
Mouth of River Gironde / Bordeaux - Liverpool Mined
VENETIA Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
3,596
9.12.1917
3 miles NNW from Whitby Rock buoy / Tyne - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.75
VENTMOOR W. Runciman & Co, Newcastle
3,456
14.2.1918
8 miles SW x W from Skyros light / Mudros - Sfax Torpedoed by submarine UC.37
VERA ELIZABETH (S.V.)
179
5.7.1918
54 miles S x E ½ E from Sydero, Faroes / Vaag, Faroes - Aberdeen Captured and shelled by submarine U.60
VERDI Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool
7,120
22.8.1917
115 miles NW x N from Eagle Island / New York - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.53
VERIA Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
3,229
7.12.1915
24 miles NW x W from Alexandria / Patras - Alexandria Captured by submarine U.39 and sunk with bombs
VERNON Cory Colliers Ltd, London
982
31.8.1917
22 miles SE x S from Spurn Point / Seaham Harbour - London Torpedoed by submarine UB.30
VESTRA J. T. Salvesen & Co, Leith
1,021
6.2.1917
5 miles NE from Hartlepool / Tyne - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.35
VESUVIO General Steam Nav. Co, London
1,391
6.4.1916
6 miles E from Owers lightship / Messina - London Mined
VIANNA The Admiralty, London, managed by Everett & Newbigin Ltd
401
31.3.1918
4 miles S from Seaham Harbour / Tyne - Ipswich Torpedoed by submarine UC.64
VICTORIA The Shipping Controller, managed by Turnbull, Scott & Co, London
974
17.11.1917
14 miles W ½ N from Eddystone / Penarth - Dieppe Torpedoed by submarine U.103
VICTORIA MacLay & McIntyre, Glasgow
1,620
29.4.1917
5 miles NE x N from Scarborough / Jarrow - Bayonne Torpedoed by submarine UB.21
VICTORIA (S.V.) W. Gould & Sons, Barnstaple
165
16.4.1917
30 miles SW from Beachy Head / Greenwich - Cherbourg Captured by submarine UB.40 and sunk with bombs
VIENNA Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
4,170
11.9.1917
340 miles W ½ N from Ushant / Brest - New York Torpedoed by submarine U.49
VIGILANT (S.V.) (pilot cutter)
69
26.9.1915
Off Harwich / Harwich - ? Mined
VIMEIRA Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
5,884
12.5.1918
16 miles WSW from Lampedusa / Tyne - Bizerta Torpedoed by submarine UC.54
VINE BRANCH F. W. Ritson, Sunderland
3,442
11.4.1917
SW of Ireland / Valparaiso - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.55
VINOVIA Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
7,046
19.12.1917
8 miles S from Wolf Rock / New York - London Torpedoed by submarine U.105
VIOLET (S.V.) Mrs L. Tyrell, Bristol.
158
18.6.1917
9 miles SSE from Coningbeg lightship / Waterford - Cardiff Captured and shelled by submarine UC.51
VIRENT James Westoll, Sunderland
3,771
24.8.1918
38 miles W x S from the Smalls / Cartagena - Clyde Torpedoed by submarine UB.92
VIRGINIA Edward Grey & Co, Liverpool
4,279
16.7.1916
42 miles SW x W from Cape Matapan / Torrevieja - Calcutta Captured and torpedoed by submarine UB.45
VOLNAY Gow, Harrison & Co, Glasgow
4,610
14.12.1917
2 miles E x S from the Manacles / Montreal - Plymouth Mined
VOLODIA Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
5,689
21.8.1917
285 miles W ¼ S from Ushant / Montreal - London Torpedoed by submarine U.93
VOLTAIRE Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool
8,618
2.12.1916
650 miles W ¼ N from Fastnet / Liverpool - New York Captured by cruiser MÖWE and sunk
VOLTAIRE Rogers & Bright, Liverpool
409
11.2.1917
25 miles NE x N from South Bishop / Llanelly - Liverpool Captured by submarine UC.65 and sunk with bombs
VOSGES Moss S.S. Co, Liverpool
1,295
27.3.1915
38 miles W x N from Trevose Head / Bordeaux - Liverpool Shelled and sunk by submarine U.28
VRONWEN W & C. T. Jones Co, Cardiff
5,714
29.8.1917
20 miles NW x W from Gozo, Malta / Tyne - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UC.38

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