Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 841.857/361

The Vice Consul at Dundee ( Baxter) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Dundee, undated.
[Received February 26, 1917, 9 a.m.]

British steamer Roanoke left Dundee for New York with general cargo, February 11; torpedoed without warning that afternoon 3 miles off Aberdeenshire coast; weather fine, broad daylight, sea calm, no submarine seen. One seaman killed by explosion; rest crew, one being American citizen, rescued by patrol steamer. Vessel with crew on board afterwards towed to Dundee for repairs.

Baxter