Tag: ww1-1917-06-28

Harbinger Built 1885 Southampton First registered as a liner
03/1916 Bought by E. Brown registered as GY 880
28/06/1917 Harbinger was scuttled by the German submarine UC-63 Karsten von Heydebreck 10 NE miles from Spurn Point
No casualties

Her Details are

• Official Number 90424
• GT 39 NT 26 
• Dimensions 60.4 x 12.2 x 7.9 

Captured and scuttled by a U-Boat 28/06/1917 ten miles off Spurn

Frances built 15/05/1888 by Cook Welton & Gemmel for George W Long of Hull
20/09/1913 Sold to Walter Crampin Grimsby
09/11/1915 Sold to A Bannister and Registered as GY 903
28/06/1917 She was captured by a U Boat and Sunk by Time Bombs 10 miles N E of Spurn Point

Her Details are 

• Official Number 93135
• Yard Number 20
• 20 GT 7 NT
• Dimensions 56 x 20.1
• Engines by Robey & Co 9 NHP 8 knots

28/06/1917 Sunk by U Boat 10 miles N E of Spurn Point