Losses in WW1

Eastern Prince was a 2,885 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1910 by J. Priestman & Co. for Prince Line Ltd. and managed by Furness, Withy & Co. She was sunk on 30 August 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-62 at position 49° 41' N, 04° 12' W - approximately 30 nautical miles South by West of Eddystone lighthouse. She was en route from Newport News to London with a general cargo.

Eastfield was a 2,147 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1901 by Osbourne, Graham & Co. for Eastfield Steamship Co. Ltd. From 1903 she was owned by Field Line (Cardiff) Ltd. and managed by E.Jones & Co. She was sunk on 27 November 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-57 at position 50° 14' N, 04° 42' W - approximately 7 nautical miles East-South-East of Dodman Point. She was en route from Newport to Dieppe with a cargo of coal.

Eastlands was a 3,113 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1905 by W. Gray & Co. Ltd. for Wilson Shipping Co. Ltd. and managed by J.F.Wilson & Co. She was sunk on 25 January 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-55 approximately 13 nautical miles North-West of Ile de Vierge. She was en route from Bordeaux to Dunkirk with a cargo of government stores.

Eavestone was a 1,781 GRT oil engined cargo ship completed in 1912 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. for Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. She was sunk on 3 February 1917 by gunfire from German submarine U-45 approximately 95 nautical miles West of Fastnet. She was en route from Barry to Gibraltar with a cargo of coal.

Echunga was a 4,589 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1907 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. for The Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. In 1916 she had been converted into a tanker by the installation of cylindrical tanks in her hold. and managed by zzz & Co. At the time of her loss she was owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. She was sunk on 5 September 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-52 approximately 40 nautical miles North by East of Ushant. She was en route from Port Arthur to an unknown destination.

Edernian was a 3,588 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd. for SS Demetian & Ordovician Co. Ltd. and managed by O. & W.Williams & Co. She was sunk on 20 August 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-10 at position 52° 13' N, 01° 45' E - approximately 6 nautical miles South by East of Southwold. She was en route from Middlesbrough to Dieppe with a cargo of steel. The ship had survived an earlier incident on 30 March 1917 when she was damaged by a mine laid by UC-71 but there were no casualties on that occasion.

Edward B. Cargill was a 182 GRT steam trawler completed in 1898 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell for Cargill Steam Trawling Co. Ltd. and registered at Hull as H412. She left Hull on 13 November for the North Sea fishing grounds and was not seen again. She was given up as lost on 8 December 1915 and is presumed to have struck a mine off Spurn Point.

There were no survivors

Egret was a 169 GRT steam trawler completed in 1899 by Mackie & Thomson for The Great Northern Steamship Fishing Co. Ltd. and registered at Hull as H21. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1918 and is reported as having been sunk on 1 June 1918 by torpedo fired by a German submarine approximately 2 nautical miles East by North of Spurn light vessel.

There were no survivors

El Zorro was a 5,989 GRT steam tanker completed in 1914 by Swan, Hunter & W.Richardson for Lobitos Oilfields Ltd. and managed by C. T. Bowring & Co. She was sunk on 28 December 1915 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-24 approximately 10 nautical miles South of the Old Head of Kinsale. She was en route from Port Arthur to Dartmouth with oil.

Elba was a 1,081 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd. for Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co. Ltd. and managed by J.Currie & Co. She was sunk on 28 April 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-103 at position 50° 13' N, 05° 48' W - approximately 6 nautical miles North-West by North of the Pendeen lighthouse. She was en route from Cardiff to an unknown destination.