1917: Beaufront. Built 1915 by Dobson, Newcastle. Owner J Ridley & Son, 1,720 tons. En route from Bilbao to Tees with cargo of iron ore. Torpedoed and sunk off Finistere by German submarine U-82. No casualties.

1917: Ville du Havre. Built 1904 by Atel. et Chant. de France. Owner Cie Havraise Peninsular. French cargo ship, attacked and sunk north west of Cape Villano by German submarine U-48.

1918: Spenser. Built 1910 by Armstrong, Whitworth. Owner Lamport & Holt, 4,186 tons. En route from Buenos Aires to Liverpool with general cargo. Attacked and sunk by German submarine U-61, Captain Dieckmann, St George’s Channel. No casualties.

1918: Halberdier. Built 1915 by Ropners. Owner Fisher, Renwick, 1,049 tons. En route from Manchester to London with a general cargo. Attacked and sunk by U-61, Captain Dieckmann, St George’s Channel. 5 lost.

1918: Gascony. Built 1908 by Craggs, Middlesborough. Owner David MacIver, 3,133 tons. Attacked and sunk by UC-75, Captain  Lohs, 10 miles SSE of Owers light vessel. No casualties.

1918: Dagny. Built 1901 by W Gray, Hartlepool. Owner Dampsk. Heimdal, 1,220 tons. En route from Port Talbot to Bordeaux with a cargo of coal. Danish vessel, torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by German submarine U-93, Captain Gerlach. 2 lost.

1918: Harry Luckenbach. Built 1881, W Gray, Hartlepool. Owner Luckenbach,2,798 tons. En route from Penarth. An American tanker, attacked and sunk in the Bay of Biscay by German submarine U-93, Captain Gerlach. 8 casualties.