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SS Garfield, built by W. Doxford & Sons, Ltd., Sunderland in 1907 and owned at the time of her loss by Northern Petroleum Tank SS. Co. Ltd. (Hunting & Son), Newcastle, was a British steamer of 3838 tons. On January 15th, 1917, Garfield, on a voyage from Barry (United Kingdom) to Port Said (Egypt) with a cargo of coal, was sunk by the German submarine U-39 (Walter Forstmann), 60 miles off Alexandria (Egypt). There were no casualties.
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References
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Steamer Garfield – Ships hit by U-boats – German and Austrian U-boats of World War One – Kaiserliche Marine – uboat.net [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/2372.html (accessed 3.01.22).
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WRECKSITE – GARFIELD CARGO SHIP 1907 – 1917 [WWW Document], n.d. URL https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?148362 (accessed 3.01.22).
