HMS Attack (1917): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Attack 1917

Image: Royal Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Attack	Wikidata label
Year lost	1917	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Mediterranean Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Egypt	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 22 km from land
Position	31.3000, 29.8167	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Attack was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and was sunk in 1917 in the Mediterranean by a German U-boat. She was the third ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

Location

Recorded position: 31.3000, 29.8167 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Mediterranean Sea
Nearest coast: Egypt

Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.

OpenStreetMap

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Attack (1911) (revision 1375198243), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.