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APPENDIX II.

Merchant ships sunk or damaged by Enemy Aircraft.

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Date and

Name.

Time.

Jan. 31

1914

Vidar

Feb. 3

0900

Tempo

Nationality.

Danish

Tonnage.

Position.

1,353

80 miles N.E. of Rattray Head

Norwegian

629

Off Farne Islands

0900

Rota

British

262

Off Orkneys

0903

Nicolaou Zografia

Greek

7,000

Off Scarborough

0905

Yewdale

British

823

Off Scarborough

(Defensively armed)

0915

Rose of England

British

223

Off Scarborough

(Steam Trawler)

0930

Harley

British

158

Off Flamborough Head

1054

Kildale

British

3,877

Off Humber

Mertainen.

Swedish

4,531

Particulars.

Sunk. Master and 14 missing. 7 and 1 passenger saved by Danish ship.

Bombed and machine-gunned by 3 aircraft, Caught fire and sank. Cargo, wood pulp survivors landed. 4 drowned.

5 bombs. Slightly damaged.

Bombed. 1 wounded. Has arrived in Tyne.

Bombed and machine-gunned. Scarborough. Seaworthy.

6 to 7 bombs.

Master and 8

1 killed, 4 wounded. In

Received 3 hits from bombs. No casualties. Steering gear broken. Vessel unseaworthy,

Bombed and machine-gunned. 1 wounded. Abandoned, but later crew returned and anchored off Bridlington. Heavily bombed and machine-gunned. Hit and abandoned on fire. 5 killed, 1 wounded. Taken in tow by tug York- shireman. Beached later at mouth of Humber.

Damaged by two attacks, but reached Tyne on February 4. No casualties.

Total tonnage (Neutral, no BRITISH) lost by enemy aircraft from 31st January-8th February

1,982 tons.

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