Losses in WW1

Copious was a 100 GRT steam drifter of steel construction that was most probably registered at Great Yarmouth though I have not been able to confirm this. She sank on 3 November 1914 after striking a mine approximately 15 nautical miles East by South from Great Yarmouth. A number of German warships had laid mines in the area and Copious was just one of the casualties. All but one of those on board lost their lives.

Coquet was a 4,396 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1904 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. for Mercantile Steamship Co. Ltd. She was captured and scuttled on 4 January 1916 by Austrian submarine U-34 at position 35° 34' N, 18° 22' E - approximately 200 nautical miles East of Malta. She was en route from Torrevieja to Rangoon with a cargo of salt.

Cordova was a 2,284 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1894 by Short Bros. for J.Tully & Sons. She was one of several ships sunk on 12 December 1917 by gunfire from a group of German destroyers. I have not discovered further information about this incident. One website reports that the captain and 22 crew members were taken prisoner and held at Brandenburg.

Corella was a 243 GRT steam trawler completed in 1907 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. for Marshall Line Steam Fishing Co. Grimsby as Renown and registered there as GY281. She saw service in the war as a mine-sweeper as FY952 and returned to operate as a fishing vessel at the end of the war. She was posted missing on 22 September 1919.

There were no survivors

Corfu was a 3,695 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1907 by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Ltd. for Corinthian Shipping Co. Ltd. and managed by R.Nicholson & Sons. She was captured on 17 April 1917 by German submarine U-35 and sunk with bombs at position 35° 14' N, 08° 25' W. She was en route from Philadelphia to Genoa with a cargo of scrap iron and steel billets.

Cork was a 1,280 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship completed in 1899 by Blackwood & Gordon for City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. She was sunk on 26 January 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-103 at position 53° 34' N, 04° 14' W - approximately 9 nautical miles North-East of Lynas Point. She was en route from Dublin to Liverpool with passengers and a general cargo.

Cornelian was a 222 GRT steam trawler completed in 1900 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell for Kingston Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. and managed by Lawrence Spring. She was registered at Hull as H506. She left Hull on 14 January 1916 for the fishing grounds but was not seen again and officially given up as lost on 8 February 1916.

There were no survivors

Coronda was a 2,733 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1892 by W. Gray & Co. Ltd. for Bucknall Bros. as Manica. She was sunk on 13 March 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-81 at position 56° 11' N, 13° 40' W - approximately 180 nautical miles North-West of Tory Island. She was en route from the Clyde to Georgia with a general cargo.

Corsham was a 2,797 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1918 by S.P.Austin & Son for Cory Colliers Ltd. She was sunk on 8 March 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-40 approximately 6 nautical miles East-South-East from the entrance to the Tyne. She was en route from London to the Tyne in ballast.

Corsican Prince was a 2,776 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1900 by Short Bros. for Prince Line Ltd. and managed by James Knott. She was sunk on 7 February 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-34 at position 54° 20' N, 00° 31' W - approximately 3 nautical miles East of Whitby. She was en route from Dundee to Dunkirk with a cargo of timber.