Saturday, June 28, 2014

World War I U-boat Attacks Off NC Coast June 1918

From nc-wreck-diving.com site.

While looking for ships sunk off the North Carolina coast during World War II, I was surprised to see some sunk during World War I, and credited to the U-151.

June 5th:  HARPATHIAN, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U-151..
June 5th:  VINLAND, freighter, boarded and scuttled by U-151.
June 8th:  VINDEGGEN, freighter, boarded and scuttled by U-151.
June 9th:  PINER DEL RIO, freighter, shelled and sunk by U-151
June 10th:  HEINRICH LUND, freighter, shelled and sunk by U-151

I imagine the U-151 was either getting low on torpedoes or out of them toward the end which would explain the non-torpedo attacks toward the end.  Some research showed this was near the end of its highly successful American cruise.

--DaCoot

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