Hans Egede
| Name | Hans Egede | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 900 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Grönlands Styreise, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  Greenland | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-587 (Ulrich Borcherdt) | ||
| Position | Grid BB 6759 | ||
| Complement | 23 (23 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Ivigtut, Greenland (27 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | U-587 erroneously reported the name of the ship as Hawse Gude, but it must have been Hans Egede (Master N.O. Petersen), which was reported missing in Canadian waters on 4 March. | ||
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