More information : 30-JUL-1915: Vessel was on a round fishing trip when she was stopped by a German submarine and sunk by explosive scuttling charges. (1)
30-JUL-1915: Vessel stopped by a German submarine while on a fishing and return trip out of Lowestoft andd sunk by explosive scuttling charge 28 miles ENE of Lowestoft. (2)
30-JUL-1915: PROSPECTOR, smack of 59 tons, captured by submarine 28 miles ENE of Lowestoft and sunk by bombs. (3)
30-JUL-1915: PROSPECTOR, trawler, 59 tons, sunk by submarine 28 miles ENE of Lowestoft while on a fishing trip. (4)
30-JUL-1915: PROSPECTOR, sunk 28 miles ENE of Lowestoft by UB-10 (Otto Steinbrinck). (5)
'SUBMARINES BLOW UP 8 BRITISH TRAWLERS.
'Lowestoft Fishing Fleet Suffers Heavily, But All the Crews Reach Land in Safety.
'London, July 31. Eight more Lowestoft trawlers have been sunk by German submarines. The crews were saved.
'Among the vessels were the QUEST, the STRIVE, the ACHIEVE, the ATHENA, the CORIANDER, and the FITZGERALD. Two more trawlers, the names of which are lacking, were also sunk. The crews landed at Yarmouth.
'All the boats were sailing vessels engaged in fishing.' (6)
Position of loss is located east of Smith's Knoll. (7) |