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BRITISH WORLD WAR I MERCHANT SHIP LOSSES - W

NAME
OWNERS
TONS
DATE
POSITION / VOYAGE
DETAILS
W. C. McKAY (S.V.)
145
10.1.1918
Off the Azores / Twillingate, NF - Gibraltar Sunk by submarine U.156
W. D. POTTS (S.V.) R. C. Roberts, Caernavon
112
1.5.1917
10 miles SW from Portpatrick / Falmouth - Glasgow Captured and shelled by submarine UC.65
W. H. DWYER Reuben A. McLelland, Kingston, Ontario
1,770
26.8.1917
15 miles E x N from Berry Head / Rouen - Newport, Mon. Torpedoed by submarine UB.38
W. H. L. (S.V.) J. Doyle, Belfast
97
28.1.1918
8 miles SSE from Portland Bill / Cherbourg - Shoreham Captured by submarine UB.58 and sunk with bombs
W. HARKNESS Steven C. Lambros, Galata, Constantinople
1,185
22.10.1916
17 miles W from Cape Tenez, Algeria / Bona - Seville Captured by submarine U.39 and sunk with bombs
W. M. BARKLEY Arthur Guiness & Sons, Dublin
569
12.10.1917
7 miles E from the Kish lightship / Dublin - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
W. M. L. (S.V,) L. Lawday, Bideford
145
30.6.1918
400 miles NNW from Cape Finisterre / Ferrol - Liverpool Captured and shelled by submarine U.53
WAIHEMO Union S.S. Co of New Zealand
4,283
17.3.1918
Gulf of Athens / Port Natal - Piraeus Torpedoed by submarine UC.37
WAIKAWA Union S.S. Co of New Zealand
5,666
19.10.1917
4 miles E from Start Point / Rouen - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
WAIRUNA Union S.S. Co of New Zealand
3,947
2.6.1917
Off Sunday Island, Kermadec Islands / Auckland - San Francisco Captured by cruiser WOLF and sunk with bombs
WAITEMATA Union S.S. Co of New Zealand
5,432
14.7.1918
100 miles E ¾ N from Marsa Susa / Barry & Bizerta - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine UB.105
WALLSEND Burnett & Co, Newcastle
2,697
14.8.1918
1 mile SE from Robin Hood Bay / Hartlepool - London Torpedoed by submarine UB.104
WANETA Standard Transportation Co, Hong Kong
1,683
30.5.1918
32 miles SSE from Kinsale Head / Halifax, N.S. - Queenstown Torpedoed by submarine U.101
WAPELLO Standard Transportation Co, Hong Kong
5,576
15.6.1917
14 miles WSW from Owers lightship / Philadelphia - Thameshaven Torpedoed by submarine UC.71
WAR ARABIS The Shipping Controller, managed by Philipps, Philipps & Co, London
5,183
9.9.1918
88 miles N x E ¼ E from Cape Sigli / Bahia Blanca - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine U.34
WAR BARON The Shipping Controller, managed by Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
5,730
5.1.1918
8 miles NE from Godrevy light / Southampton - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine U.55
WAR CLOVER The Shipping Controller, managed by T. Dixon & Sons, Belfast
5,174
19.10.1917
25 miles E x N ¾ N from Pantellaria / Barry - Malta Torpedoed by submarine U.64
WAR COUNCIL The Shipping Controller, managed by Furness, Withy & Co, London
5,875
16.10.1918
85 miles WSW from Cape Matapan / Barry - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine U.63
WAR CROCUS The Shipping Controller, managed by West Hartlepool S.N. Co, West Hartlepool
5,296
8.7.1918
2½ miles E x N from Flamborough Head / Hartlepool - ? Torpedoed by submarine UB.107
WAR FIRTH The Shipping Controller, managed by J. Chadwick & Sons, Liverpool
3,112
4.9.1918
33 miles S ¾ W from the Lizard / Bilbao - Glasgow Torpedoed by submarine U.53
WAR HELMET The Shipping Controller, managed by Royal Mail S.P. Co, London
8,184
19.4.1918
3 miles E x N ½ N from Owers lightship / London - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UC.75
WAR KNIGHT The Shipping Controller, managed by Furness, Withy & Co, London
7,951
24.3.1918
Off St. Catherines Head / voyage not known Collided with s/s O. B. Jennings and then mined, beached Freshwater Bay, total loss.
WAR MONARCH The Shipping Controller, managed by Cunard S.S. Co, Liverpool
7,887
14.2.1918
11 miles E from Royal Sovereign lightship / Hull - Italy Torpedoed by submarine UB.57
WAR PATROL The Shipping Controller, managed by J. Chambers & Co, Liverpool
2,045
10.8.1917
1 mile W from Penmarch / Barry - ? Mined
WAR SONG The Shipping Controller, managed by W. France, Fenwick & Co, London
2,535
15.1.1918
12 miles W from Ile de Sein / Bilbao - Brest Captured and shelled by submarine U.84
WAR SWALLOW The Shipping Controller, managed by Charlton, McAllum & Co, Newcastle
5,216
16.7.1918
72 miles SW x S ½ S from Malta / Tyne - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UB.50
WAR TUNE The Shipping Controller, managed by W. France, Fenwick & Co, London
2,045
9.12.1917
1½ miles SSE from Black Head / Barry - ? Torpedoed by submarine U.53
WARILDA ( Hospital ship) Adelaide S.S. Co, Adelaide
7,713
3.8.1918
32 miles SSW from Owers lightship / Le Havre - Southampton Torpedoed by submarine UC.49
WARLEY PICKERING J. Constantine, Middlesbrough
4,196
5.2.1917
46 miles W x N from Fastnet / Sagunto - Middlesbrough Torpedoed by submarine U.60
WARNER (Special Service Ship) Clyde Shipping Co, Glasgow
1,273
13.3.1917
Off SW Ireland in position 52.30N 11.00W / Government Service as Q.27 Torpedoed by submarine U.61
WARNOW J. Mitchell & Sons, Dundee
1,593
2.5.1917
6 miles W from Trevose Head / Penarth - ? Torpedoed by submarine UC.48
WARREN A. D. Axarlis, London
3,709
1.4.1917
20 miles SW from Civita Vecchia / Karachi - Civitavecchia & Spezia Torpedoed by submarine UC.38
WARRIOR Thomas Turnbull & Son, Whitby
3,674
21.4.1917
7 miles N from Fratelli Rocks / Cardiff - Algiers & Alexandria Mined
WARSAW James Currie & Co, Leith
608
20.12.1917
4 miles SE x E from Start Point / St. Malo - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine UB.31
WARTENFELS The Admiralty, managed by Grahams & Co, London
4,511
5.2.1917
120 miles SW from Fastnet / Barry - Alexandria Torpedoed by submarine U.81
WASHINGTON E. T. Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff
5,080
3.5.1917
Off Rapallo Bay, Italy / New York - Naples Torpedoed by submarine U.63
WATAUGA (S.V.)
127
27.3.1918
450 miles W x N from Lisbon / Santa Pola - ? Captured by submarine U.155 and sunk with bombs
WATER LILY (S.V.) H. C. Chugg, Barnstaple
111
10.9.1917
8 miles N x E from Pendeen light / Runcorn - Cherbourg Captured by submarine UC.51 and sunk with bombs
WATHFIELD H. Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool
3,012
21.2.1917
15 miles N from Cape Carbon / Limni - Malta Torpedoed by submarine U.39
WAVERLEY George Pyman & Co, West Hartlepool
3,853
20.12.1917
33 miles NE ½ N from Cape Ivi / Newport, Mon. - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine U.35
WEARSIDE Hessler & Co, West Hartlepool
3,560
25.10.1917
3 miles W x S from Sunk lightship / Tyne - Genoa Mined
WEGA Everett & Newbigin, Newcastle
839
14.6.1917
20 miles W x S from Royal Sovereign lightship / Hartlepool - Cowes Torpedoed by submarine UC.71
WELBECK HALL Hansen Bros Ltd, Cardiff
5,643
22.4.1918
75 miles NE x N from Port Said / Piraeus - Port Said Torpedoed by submarine UB.53
WELBURY S. Hogg & Co, West Hartlepool
3,591
1.7.1915
40 miles W from Fastnet / Kingston, Jamaica - Queenstown Captured and shelled by submarine U.24






WELLINGTON W. J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff
5,600
16.9.1918
175 miles N x W from Cape Villano / Newport, Mon. - Naples Torpedoed by submarine U.118
WELSH PRINCE Prince Line Ltd, Newcastle
4,934
13.10.1916
33 miles SW from Cape Matapan / Calcutta - Dundee Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
WENTWORTH R. S. Dalgliesh, Newcastle
3,828
2.9.1917
36 miles W ¼ S from Belle Isle / New York - La Pallice Torpedoed by submarine U.52
WEST POINT Furness Withy & Co / Norfolk & North American S.S. Co
3,847
8.10.1916
46 miles SE x E from Nantucket light / London - Newport News Captured by submarine U.53 and sunk with bombs
WEST WALES Gibbs & Co, Cardiff
4,331
21.1.1918
140 miles SE ¾ S from Malta / Barry - Alexandria Torpedoed by Austro-Hungarian submarine U.28
WESTBURN James Westoll, Sunderland
3,300
8.2.1916
530 miles NNE from Pernambuco / voyage unknown Captured by cruiser MÖWE, sent to Santa Cruz de Tenerife with prisoners and and scuttled there to avoid recapture
WESTBURY Capper, Alexander & Co, London
3,097
31.8.1917
8 miles SSE from Fastnet / Barry - Halifax, N.S. Torpedoed by submarine U.48
WESTERGATE Oliver & Co, London
1,760
21.4.1918
22 miles E ½ S from Start Point / Hartlepool - Cartagena Torpedoed by submarine UB.80
WESTERN COAST Powell, Bacon & Hough Ltd, Liverpool
1,165
24.2.1915
8 miles SE x E ½ E from Beachy Head / London - Liverpool Torpedoed by submarine U.8
WESTERN COAST Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool
1,394
17.11.1917
10 miles WSW from Eddystone / Portsmouth - Barry Roads Torpedoed by submarine UB.40
WESTFIELD Evan Jones & Co, Cardiff
3,453
10.4.1918
45 miles SW x S from Bishop Rock / Aquilas - Clyde Torpedoed by submarine U.82
WESTLANDS J. F. Wilson & Co, West Hartlepool
3,112
23.11.1917
10 miles N from Ile de Vierge / Leith - Nantes Torpedoed by submarine U.53
WESTMINSTER Sir John Jackson Ltd, London
4,342
14.12.1916
196 miles E x S from Malta / Torre Annuziata, Italy - Aden Torpedoed by submarine UB.43
WESTMOOR W. Runciman & Co, Newcastle
4,329
1.7.1918
210 miles NW x W ¾ W from Casablanca / Gibraltar - La Plata Torpedoed by submarine U.91
WESTONBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,795
15.6.1917
195 miles SW x S from Fastnet / Huelva - London Torpedoed by submarine U.82
WESTPHALIA (Special Service Ship) James Currie & Co, Leith
1,467
11.2.1918
Irish Sea, North of Dublin / Government Service Torpedoed by submarine U.97
WESTVILLE Balls & Stansfield, North Shields
3,207
31.12.1917
5 miles WSW from St. Catherines / Blyth - Blaye, France Torpedoed by submarine UB.35
WESTWICK James Westoll, Sunderland
5,694
7.3.1917
1 mile S from Roche Point / Baltimore, Md. - Hull Mined
WESTWOOD Furness Withy & Co, London
1,968
3.10.1918
5 miles SW ½ W from the Lizard / Barry - Le Havre Torpedoed by submarine UB.112
WHEATFLOWER Spillers S.S. Co, Cardiff
188
19.2.1918
10 miles SE x S from Tuskar Rock / Cardiff - Dublin Captured and shelled by submarine U.86
WHITE HEAD G. Heyn & Sons, Belfast
1,172
15.10.1917
40 miles NNE from Suda Bay / voyage unknown Torpedoed by submarine UC.74
WHITECOURT Blow, Richards & Co, Cardiff
3,680
28.8.1917
120 miles NNE from North Cape / Archangel - London Captured and shelled by submarine U.28
WHITEFIELD James, Muers & Co, Cardiff
2,422
1.9.1915
95 miles N x W from Cape Wrath / Archangel - Tyne Captured and shelled by submarine U.33
WHITEHALL Blow, Richards & Co, Cardiff
3,158
28.7.1917
270 miles W x N from Fastnet / Montreal - Ipswich Torpedoed by submarine U.95
WHITGIFT Sir John Jackson Ltd, London
4,397
20.4.1916
Off Ushant / Almeria - Tyne Torpedoed by submarine U.67
WILBERFORCE R. Harrowing & Co, Whitby
3,074
7.7.1917
25 miles S from Cape de Gata / Algiers - Middlesbrough Torpedoed by submarine U.34
WILEYSIKE W. S. Miller & Co, Glasgow
2,501
9.5.1918
8 miles SW from St. Ann's Head / Clyde - France Torpedoed by submarine U.54
WILFRED M (S.V.)
251
14.1.1915
625 miles NE x E ¼ E from Pernambuco / St. John's NF - Bahia Captured and rammed by cruiser KRONPRINZ WILHELM
WILHELM (S.V.) Asmiralty requisition
187
7.6.1917
20 miles SE x S from the Lizard / Glasgow - Lannion, France Captured and shelled by submarine UC.75
WILLENA GERTRUDE (S.V.) H. E. Mosher, Parrsboro, N.S.
317
21.7.1917
120 miles S x E ½ E from Santa Maria, Azores / Preston - Burutu Captured by submarine U.155 and sunk with bombs
WILLERBY R. Ropner & Co, Stockton
3,630
20.2.1915
490 miles NE x N from Pernambuco / Marseilles - Buenos Aires Captured by cruiser PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH and sunk with bombs
WILLIAM (S.V.)
60
11.9.1917
4 miles NW x N from Crackington Haven, Cornwall / Cardiff - St. Brieux Captured by submarine UC.51 and sunk with bombs
WILLIAM DAWSON
284
21.8.1915
Off Boulogne / Boston, Lincs - Dunkirk Mined
WILLIAM GEORGE (S.V.) A. Westcott, Chester
151
30.9.1916
10 miles NNE from Cap la Hague / Swansea - St. Valery-en-Caux Captured and shelled by submarine UC.26
WILLIAM MARTYN (S.V.) W. Corney, Barnstaple
104
16.3.1917
9 miles S x W ½ W from Ram Head, Youghal / Newport - Cork Captured by submarine and sunk with bombs
WILLIAM SHEPHERD (S.V.) W. P. Langmaid, Fleetwood
143
17.4.1917
30 miles S x W from St. Ann's Head / Glasgow - St. Valery Captured by submarine UC.47 and sunk with bombs
WILLIE (S.V.) Franco-British Commercial Co, Faversham
185
16..3.1916
60 miles NW x W from Fastnet / London - Cardiff Captured and shelled by submarine U.70
WILLINGTONIA A. F. Ericsson, Newcastle
3,228
25.8.1918
13 miles SW x W from Marittimo Island / Barry - Corfu Torpedoed by submarine UC.27
WILLOW BRANCH (Special Service Ship) F. W. Ritson, Sunderland
3,314
25.4.1918
Off Cape Blanco, West Africa / Government Service as BOMBALA Shelled and sunk by submarines U.153 and U.154
WILSON (S.V.) J. Tyrrell, Dublin
110
12.4.1918
10 miles NW from the Smalls / Dieppe - Runcorn Captured by submarine UB.109 and sunk with bombs
WILSTON W. S. Miller & Co, Glasgow
2,611
15.2.1916
20 miles ENE from Wick / South Shields - London? Mined
WILTONHALL Guthe Bros, Ltd, West Hartlepool
3,387
16.7.1916
65 miles NW from Algiers / Bombay - Hull Captured by submarine U.39 and sunk with bombs
WIMMERA Huddart, Parker & Co, Melbourne
3,022
26.6.1918
24 miles NW ½ W from Hooper's Point, N.Z. / Auckland - Sydney Mined
WINDERMERE W. R. Corfield, Cardiff
2,292
27.6.1916
58 miles SSE from Port Mahon / Tyne - Savona Captured by submarine U.35 and scuttled
WINDSOR E. T. Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff
6,055
21.8.1915
70 miles SW ½ S from Wolf Rock / Barry - Leghorn Captured and shelled by submarine U.38
WINDSOR HALL Hansen Bros Ltd, Cardiff
3,693
17.1.1918
45 miles NW from Alexandria / Karachi - Marseilles Torpedoed by submarine UB.66
WINLATON R. Gordon & Co, London
3,270
23.8.1917
25 miles W from Cape Spartel / Barry - Gibraltar Torpedoed by submarine UB.48
WIRRAL J. Edgar & Co, Liverpool
4,207
12.5.1917
23 miles NW from Utvaer Island, Norway / London - Archangel Torpedoed by submarine U.19
WISBECH Atkinson Bros., Newcastle
1,282
14.8.1917
12 miles NE from Trevose Head / Cardiff - St. Malo Torpedoed by submarine UC.51
WOLF Samuel Walton, London
2,443
21.7.1916
75 miles NNW from Algiers / Tyne - Genoa Captured and shelled by submarine U.39
WOODFIELD Woods, Tylor & Brown, London
3,584
3.11.1915
40 miles ESE from Ceuta / ? - Salonica Captured and shelled by submarine U.38
WOOLSTON S. Instone & Co, London
2,986
14.5.1918
1½ miles from Syracuse Harbour / Syracuse - Messina Torpedoed by submarine UC.52
WOOLWICH Watts, Watts & Co, London
2,936
3.11.1915
104 miles S from Cape Sidero, Crete / Safaga Island, Egypt - Plymouth & Ayr Captured and shelled by submarine U.35
WORCESTERSHIRE Bibby S.S. Co, Liverpool
7,175
17.2.1917
10 miles SW from Colombo / Rangoon - London & Liverpool Mined
WORDSWORTH Shakespear Shipping Co (Glover Bros.), London
3,509
11.3.1917
680 miles E from Mahe, Seychelles / Burma - London Captured by cruiser WOLF and sunk with bombs
WRAGBY Sir R. Ropner & Co, West Hartlepool
3,641
4.1.1917
45 miles W x N from Cape Spartel / Barry - Gibraltar Captured and shelled by submarine UC.37
WREATHIER A. Adams & Co, Southampton
852
3.12.1917
1 mile W from Prawle Point / Barry - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UB.35
WYCHWOOD France, Fenwick & Co, London
1,985
28.3.1917
4 miles SSW from S. Arklow lightship / Barry - Scapa Flow Torpedoed by submarine UC.65
WYNDHURST Thomas D. John, Cardiff
570
6.12.1917
30 miles S from St. Catherines / Penarth - Rouen Torpedoed by submarine UC.71

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