World War IIron Bark Mountain Laurel

Iron bark Mountain Laurel was torpedoed on June 22, 1918, by the German U-boat UB-73, approximately 25 nautical miles off Rathlin. The ship was en route from Barrow to
Iceland carrying a cargo of coal. Out of the 12 crew members, only the Spanish seaman Francisco Anstiago Armas survived the shipwreck and was rescued the following day by a British trawler.

(Sources: Sjøhistorie.no and uboat.net)

Maritime enquiry: Mountain Laurel

(Sources: Sjøforklaringer over norske skibes krigsforlis, 1914-1918. B. 4 : 1918, via Nb.no)

About Iron Bark Mountain Laurel

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1865

  • Wrecked

    22.06.1918

  • Carrier

    Kverndahl & Co., Tvedestrand

  • Tonnage

    705 brt

Casualties