Losses in WW1

Empress was a 2,918 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1893 by Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. for Sivewright Bacon. By the time of her loss she was owned by Amaryllis Shipping Co. Ltd. and managed by W. Coupland & Co.She was sunk on 31 July 1917 by a mine laid by German submarine UC-63 at position 53° 45' N, 00° 08' E - approximately 4.5 nautical miles East by South of Withernsea lighthouse. She was en route from the Tyne to Southend with a cargo of coal.

Emulator was a 168 GRT steam trawler completed in 1899 by Mackie & Thomson & Co. for Great Northern Steam Fishing Co. of Hull. She had been in use for naval service and went on her first post-war fishing trip on 15 April 1919 with several other fishing vessels. There was a huge explosion during the night off Scarborough and Emulator was not seen again - she is presumed to have struck a mine.

There were no survivors

Endymion was a 73 GRT wooden sailing ketch completed in 1881 by W.Meadus & Son for Charles Truscott of Hull. She was stopped by German submarine UB-32 on 1 April 1917 near Start Point and sunk by gunfire.

England was a 3,798 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.for F.Drughorn Ltd. She was sunk on 23 May 1917 by gunfire from German submarine U-65 at position 36° 20' N, 11° 15' E - approximately 40 nautical miles South by East of Cape Bon. She was en route from CArdiff and Bizerta to Malta with a cargo of coal.

English Monarch was a 4,947 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Napier & Miller, Ltd. for Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. and managed by Raeburn & Verel. She was sunk on 18 June 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-24 at position 52° 30' N, 17° 30' W - approximately 300 nautical miles North-West by West of Fastnet. She was en route from the Clyde to Genoa with a cargo of coal.

Englishman was a 6,357 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1891 by Harland & Wolff Ltd. for D.& C.MacIver as Ionia. At the time of her loss she had been renamed Englishman was owned by British & No. Atlantic Steam Nav. Co., Ltd. She was sunk on 24 March 1916 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-43 approximately 30 nautical miles North-East of Malin Head, Donegal. She was en route from Avonmouth to Portland.

Ennismore was a 1,560 GRT Compound-engined cargo ship completed in 1880 by Barrow Shipbuilding Co. for W.Johnston & Co. She was sunk on 29 December 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-58 at position 57° 17' N, 01° 25' W - 15 nautical miles South-East by East of Buchan Ness. She was en route from Tyne to Christiana with a cargo of coal and coke.

Enosis was a 2,909 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1906 by Swan, Hunter & W.Richarson for E.Ambatielos. From 1910 she was owned by Eftikhia Steamship Co. Ltd. and managed by P.Wigham-Richardson & Co. She was sunk on 18 November 1915 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-33 approximately 150 nautical miles East-South-East of Malta. She was en route from Barry from Malta with a cargo of coal.

Equinox was a 198 GRT steam trawler but informatio about her is vague. She appears to have been registered in Grimsby as GY461 but even this is in doubt. One account states that she left Grimsby on 22 August 1916, and was last seen on 25 August. She is believed to have been sunk on the same day by a mine approximately 39 nautical miles South-East by East from the Humber light vessel.

There were no survivors

Era was a 2,379 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1888 by E. Withy & Co. for Australian Steamships Ltd. and managed by Howard Smith Co. She was sunk on 1 May 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-32 at position 36° 45' N, 01° 56' E - approximately 18 nautical miles North-East by East of Cape Tenes. She was en route from Bougie to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore.