Six Steamers Fall to German Submarine Near Nantucket
German U-53 torpedoed and sank or crippled six steamers off Nantucket as U.S. destroyers towed survivors to Newport. Stephano and West Point were among the victims. Kansan Strathdene Bloomersdijk and Kingston also reported sunk or halted. Rescue ships Balch and Jenkins ferried passengers inland with no confirmed losses.
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West Point
Hans Rose
Newport
Knight
Rose
Nantucket Shoals
United States Atlantic Fleet
R. I
Kingston
New York
Genoa
Boston Harbor
Strathdene
Nantucket
Bordeaux
London
Newport News
Stephano
Halifax
N. S
St. John’s
N. F
Drayton
Kingstonian
Bloomerschjs
Rotterdam
Cdr. Knudsen
Bloomersdijk
Glasgow
Florizes
Balch
Cushing
DeWitt
Kirkwall
Knudsen
Grotness
Partial passenger list for S S Stephano voyage
Halifax reports first and second cabin travelers on the S S Stephano with names grouped by origin. The list includes American, Spanish, Newfoundland and Canadian passengers such as J. Sanchez, J. Evans, M. Driscoll, R. Tough, and Sylvia Carew, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N. S
William Bierschneck
J. E. Evans
W. C. Ellis
W. J. Levison
J. Stewart, Jr
C. Bostwick
F. Bostwick
E. Saxon
M. Harris
H. F. Graham
J. L. Taylor
G. Hurlburt
H. Hurlburt
F. Anqua
F. Fernandez
Newfoundland
Mrs. Erickson
E. A. Butler
H. Tambelt
M. Driscoll
P. Haley
G. McGrath
J. O. March
H. Rowe
C. Leate
E. M. Kain
J. E. Kain
L. Leate
E. Gushin
V. Squires
M. Gosse
A. Lawlor
Saunders M. Clouter
M. C. Clouter
W. H. Clouter
R. E. Tough
Miss Sylvia Carew
German U-53 Reconnaissance Sub Enters Newport
The Wolff Bureau reports German submarine U-53 made a Atlantic reconnaissance trip and entered Newport. It understands the U-boat left Newport without replenishing fuel or taking on additional materials.
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Berlin
London
Wolff Bureau
Atlantic
Newport
Five British ships sail from Norfolk defying U boat warning
Five British vessels loaded with grain, foodstuffs and cargoes sailed from Norfolk despite consular cautions about German submarines off the New England coast. The ships are the Saraha Marioneth Monkshaven Homer City and Verdala. Officials warned shipping masters to keep away from the New England coast and said convoys could not be supplied for each ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
New England
Saraha
Marioneth
Monkshaven
Homer City
Verdala
British Squadron to Get Active Off American Coast
The British North Atlantic squadron commander says all steps possible are being taken to cope with German submarine activity off the U S coast. News of six steamships torpedoed off Nantucket is read with urgency in shipping and naval circles tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Newport
Austin M. Knight
Narragansett Bay
Albert Gleaves
West Point
R. I
Nantucket
Navy
N. S
North Atlantic
Kansan Reaches Boston Light After Submarine Hold Up
The American-Hawaiian liner Kansan, held by a German submarine and released as an American vessel, arrived at Boston Light ship near Mystic Docks Charlestown. She will load 1950 horses and other cargo for Italy to Genoa after securing a pilot. Died: William Manning, 60, of Woburn, gas poisoning after failing to turn off the gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
T Wharf
Mystic Docks
Charlestown
Genoa
William Manning
Sel Main Street
Woburn
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Mass
Newport Harbor
Nantucket Light
Wilson
Germany
United States
Kansan
St. John
N. B
Red Cross Line
Frederik VIII
James W. Gerard
Navy Department
Count von Bernstorff
Gleaves
Narragansett Bay Naval Station
Smith
Greenwich
Harden
Boston Navy Yard
American Line
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Naval Station
Red Cross
Browning & Co., Ltd
Batteryplace
Florizel
Russia
White Sea
Archangel
Jenkins
R.T Stearns CO
Tremont Street
Burgundy
R. H. Stearns CO
Boston Light
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