Losses in WW1

Verdi was a 6,578 GRT steam passenger/cargo ship completed in 1907 by Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd. for Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. and managed by Lamport & Holt. She was sunk on 22 August 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-53 at position 55° 15' N, 13° 20' W - approximately 115 nautical miles North-West by North of Eagle Island. She was en route from New York to Liverpool.

Vernon was a 1,042 GRT compound-engined cargo ship completed in 1878 by J. Blumer & Co. for H. Wrightson. At the time of her loss she was owned by Cory Colliers Ltd. She was sunk on 31 August 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-30 approximately 22 nautical miles South-East by South of Spurn Point. She was en route from Seaham to London with a cargo of coal.

Vestra was a 1,021 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1897 by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd. for J. T. Salvesen & Co. She was sunk on 5 February 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-35 at position 56° 46' N, 01° 07' W - approximately 5 nautical miles North-East of Hartlepool. She was en route from the Tyne to Rouen with a cargo of coal.

Vesuvio was a 1,397 GRT compound-engined cargo ship completed in 1879 by J. Laing for W.Thomson and Others. From 1898 she was owned by J. Bruce & Co. She was sunk on 6 April 1916 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-29 at position 50° 39' N, 01° 31' E - approximately 6 nautical miles East of the Owers Light Vessel. She was en route from Messina to London with a general cargo.

Vianna was a 400 GRT compound-engined cargo ship completed in 1899 by Schiffswerft von Henry Koch of Lübeck for Oldenburg-Portugiesische DR. At the time of her loss she was in the hands of the British Government Shipping Controller and managed by Everett & Newbigin. She was sunk on 31 March 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-64 at position 54° 50' N, 01° 12' W - approximatelly 4 nautical miles East of Seaham harbour. She was en route from the Tyne to Ipswich with a cargo of coal.

Viceroy was a 217 GRT steam trawler completed in 1898 by Cochrane & Cooper for the Atlas Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. and registered at Grimsby as GY.786. She was posted missing on 7 December 1915 whilst on a fishing trip to the North Sea and not seen again.

There were no survivors

Victoria (Fleetwood) was a 155 GRT steam trawler completed in 1890 by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. for Pickering & Haldane´s Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. At the time of her loss she was owned by Hudson Steam Fishing Co. Ltd. and registered at Fleetwood as FD.37. She was stopped on 1 June 1915 and sunk by gunfire by German submarine U-34 at position 50° 36' N, 06° 20' W - off Sicily. It has been alleged that the submarine continued firing on the vessel even after the crew had hove to and surrendered.

Victoria (Glasgow) was a 1,620 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1887 by A. Stephen & Sons for Steamship Victoria Co. Ltd. and managed by Maclay & McIntryre. She was sunk on 29 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-21 approximately 5 nautical miles North-East by North of Scarborough.

Victoria (London) was a 966 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1896 by Bergens Mek. Verks. of Bergen for W.Hansen. At the time of her loss she was in the hands of the British Government Shipping Controller and managed by Turnbull, Scott & Co. She was sunk on 17 November 1917 by torpedo fired by and unidentified German submarine approximately 14 nautical miles West by North of the Eddystone Lighthouse. She was en route from Penarth to Dieppe with a cargo of coal.

Vienna was a 4,170 GRT steam cargo ship completed in 1899 by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd. for Vienna Steamship Co. Ltd. and managed by Gow, Harrison & Co. She was sunk on 11 September 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-49 at position 46° 59' N, 13° 05' W - approximately 340 nautical miles West by North of Ushant. She was en route from Brest to New York with a general cargo.