Losses in WW1

Freshfield was a 3,445 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship completed in 1896 by R. Napier & Sons, Ltd. for Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. as La Plata. By 1915 she was owned by R. Lawrence Smith Ltd. of Montreal. She was sunk on 5 August 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-25 approximately 4 nautical miles North-East by North of Cape Colonne. She was en route from Messina to Taranto in ballast.

Friargate was a 264 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1910 by Crabtree & Co. Ltd. for A.Chester of Middlesbrough. She sank on 3 November 1915 after striking a mine laid by German submarine UC-6 approximately 4 nautical miles East of Orfordness. She was en route from London to Middlesbrough with a cargo of loam.

Friendship was a 37 GRT fishing smack - a two-masted sailing ketch - completed in 1905 by J. W. & A. Upham for E.A.Stockman of Brixham and registered there as BM 244. At the time of her loss she was owned by Tom Jenkerson of Milford Haven. She was sunk on 13 February 1917 by German submarine UC-65 off The Smalls. I have found no details of the manner of her sinking.

There were no survivors

Frigate Bird was a 20 GRT diesel-powered fishing vessel completed in 1907 by an unknown builder in Fraserburgh and registered there as FR256. At the time of her loss she was owned by Edward Ernest Cox of Grimsby and apparently registered there as GY591 - though I have not been able to confirm this registration from lists published on the internet. She was stopped on 28 June 1917 by German submarine UC-63 and sunk by gunfire approximately 10 nautical miles North-East of Spurn Point.

There were no survivors

Frimaire was a 1,778 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1900 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd. for Empire Shipping Co. Ltd. as Corso. From 1915 she was owned by Plisson Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. She was sunk on 15 March 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-21 at position 47° 03' N, 02° 26' W - approximately 21 nautical miles South-South-East of Belle Isle. She was en route from St.Nazaire to Bayonne in ballast.

Frinton was a 4,194 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1912 by Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for The Noreuro Traders Ltd. as Freland. From 1915 she was owned by Frinton Steamship Co. Ltd. and managed by Mango & Co. She was sunk on 19 March 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-81 approximately 350 nautical miles West of Scilly or 320 nautical miles West by North of Ushant. She was en route from Cartagena to the Tees with a cargo of government stores.

Frithjof Eide was a Norwegian 1,097 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1904 by Howaldtswerke of Kiel for Rederi A/B Ostergotland as Ostergotland. From 1916 she was owned by A/S D/S Frithjof Eide and managed by B. Pedersen & Son. She was sunk on 9 November 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-75 approximately 3.5 nautical miles East-North-East of Flamborough Head. She was en route from Skien to London with a cargo of saltpetre.

Fulgent was a 2,009 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1910 by Short Bros. Ltd. for James Westoll. She was stopped by German submarine U-30 approximately 45 nautical miles North-West of The Skelligs and scuttled with explosives. She was en route from Cardiff to Scapa Flow with a cargo of coal.

Fulmar was a 1,270 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1902 by Wigham Richardson & Co. Ltd. for Cork Steamship Co. Ltd. She sank on 24 March 1916 after striking a mine laid by German submarine UC-7 approximately 8 nautical miles South-West of the Kentish Knock light vessel in the Thames Estuary. She was en route from Rotterdam to the UK with a general cargo.