Gulflight, an American steamer, was torpedoed 20 miles west of the Islands by a German submarine, U-30. 3 lives were lost.

Job: Tanker
Company: Gulf Refining Co.
Launched: 8 August 1914
Tonnage: 5189 tons
Date of incident: 1 May 1915
Passengers & cargo: 38 crew

She was the first US ship to be attacked by German submarines in WWI. She beached on the Islands and was later towed away to be repaired.

U-30:
The U-30 (WWI) was launched from its shipyard on 15 Nov, 1913 and commissioned into the Imperial Navy on 26 Aug, 1914. The Naval war in WWI was brought to an end with the Armistice signed on 11 Nov, 1918.