s.s. 'Brookwood' - The s.s. 'Brookwood' was a British merchant steamer which was captured by, and hit by shells  fired from, U.79 on the 10th January 1917. She sank 210 miles off Cape Finisterre and two crew members were lost in the attack whilst en-route from Penarth to Port Said, Egypt, with a cargo of coal.

She was built at the yard of Ropner & Sons Limited of Stockton-on-Tees and launched during February 1902. She was a general cargo, single screw, steamship of 3,093 gross and 1,987 net register tons being 325.0 ft. in length x 48.0 ft. breath x 23.1 ft. depth. She was owned by the Constantine & Pickering Steamship Company Limited of Middlesbrough. [801]