s.s. 'Wyndhurst' - The s.s. 'Wyndhurst' was a British merchant steamer which was torpedoed and sunk by UC71 in the English Channel on 6th December 1917. She was a single screw, steel hulled, steamer launched in the third quarter of 1917 at the Torry yard of John Lewis & Sons Limited of Aberdeen. She was of 573 gross and 253 net register tons being 165.1 ft. in length x 27.0 ft. in breath x 11.1 ft. depth. She was registered at Swansea during September 1917 to the Cleeves Western Valley Anthracite Collieries Limited - T. D. John also of Swansea and was defensively armed with one 12 lbr.
When only a few months old on the 6th December 1917, she was torpedoed by UC71 when 30 miles off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, whilst on passage from Penarth to Rouen with coal. 3 crew were picked up by tug and landed at Le Havre. She sank in minutes of being hit and the remainder of the crew of eleven were lost, including her master. [425]