A freighter carrying bananas which was torpedoed to her watery grave by the U103 on February 4, 1942Description The CORK was a British passenger steamer Travelling from Dublin to Liverpool, she was sunk by U 103 commanded by KapLt Claus Rücker on 26 January 1918 Her wreck lies 9 miles north east off Lynas Point, Anglesey There were 12 casualtiesU103 did an emergency crash dive and resurfaced parallel to Olympic The liner turned and rammed the UBoat just aft of its conning tower, the ramming shoved the boat into the path of Olympic's port propellor which sliced into it, breaching the hull
German Submarine U 103 1940 Wikipedia