About 25 miles from Bishop Rock on August 19, 1915 the cargo ship Baron Erskine was torpedoed and sunk by SMS U-38. Baron Erskine was en route from England to New Orleans, Louisiana in ballast when the U-boat stopped her. All 108 people on board survived. At this time I have no other details about the loss.

A second Baron Erskine, also owned by Hogarth Shipping Company, Ardrossan, Scotland, was lost in the Second World War, she was sunk Jan. 6, 1942 by U-701, sadly in that sinking 40 men were lost.