Losses in WW1

Calliope (West Hartlepool) was a 3,829 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1901 by Robert Craggs & Sons for Gladstone & Co. She was sunk on 5 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-65 at position 38° 22' N, 11° 25' E - approximately 35 nautical miles South-West of Ustica Island. She was en route from Cardiff to Malta with a cargo of coal.

Calphurnia was a 284 GRT steam trawler completed in 1909 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. for Grimsby Alliance Steam Fishing Co. Ltd, and registered at Grimsby as GY.495. She was posted missing on 14 September 1914.

There were no survivors

Calypso was a 2,876 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship (ref) completed in 1904 by Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. for T.Wilson, Sons & Co. Ltd. She is reported as was sunk on 11 July 1916 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-53 approximately 15 nautical miles West of Listafjord, Norway. She was en route from London to Christiana with a general cargo.

There were no survivors

Cambank was a 3,112 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by J. Readhead & Sons for Merevale Shipping Co. She was sunk on 20 February 1915 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-30 at position 53° 25' N, 04° 00' W - approximately 10 nautical miles East of Lynas Point. She was en route from Huelva to Garston with a cargo of copper ore and ingots.

Cambric was a 3,403 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Sunderland Shipbuilding C. for W.H.Cockerline & Co. She was sunk on 31 October 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-35 approximately 14 nautical miles West of Cape Sherchell, Algeria. She was en route from Tunis to the UK with a cargo of iron ore.

Camellia (North Shields) was a 3,157 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1913 by J.Blumer & Co. for Home Shipping Co. Ltd. as Tynehome. She was sold to Stag Line Ltd in 1914 and renamed Camellia. On 27 November 1917 she sailed from Dakar bound for the UK but was not seen again. At the time it was presumed that she had been torpedoed by a German submarine but this has never been confirmed so it is possible that she was lost for other reasons.

There were no survivors

Camellia (Fishing Vessel) was a 47 GRT sailing ketch (fishing smack) completed in Plymouth in 1879 for George E. Netherton of Plymouth. When she sank on 1 December 1916 after striking a mine off the Eddystone lighthouse she was owned by John T. Walk .

Camerata was a 3,723 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1910 by W. Gray & Co. Ltd. for La Tunisienne Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by F.C.Strick & Co. Ltd. She was damaged on 2 May 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-37 approximately 9 nautical miles North of Djidjelli. She was beached but refloated and repaired. She was en route from Avonmouth to Alexandria with a cargo of military stores.

Cameronia was a 10,963 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship completed in 1911 by D. & W. Henderson & Co. Ltd. for Anchor Line (Henderson Bros) Ltd. She was sunk on 15 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-33 at position 36° 10' N, 17° 22' E - approximately 150 nautical miles East of Malta. She was en route from Marseille to Egypt carrying troops.

Cameronian was a 5,861 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1914 by J. Frerichs & Co. A.G. of Einswarden for Hamburg-Amerika Linie as Kamerun. She had been scuttled by the Germans but salvaged and repaired and handed over to Frederick Leyland & Co. Ltd. for management by the UK government. She was sunk on 2 June 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-34 at position 31° 53' N, 29° 19' E - approximately 50 nautical miles North-West by North of Alexandria. She was en route from Suda Bay to Alexandria with carrying troops and a cargo of mail and mules.