Gertrud Bratt
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| Name | Gertrud Bratt | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,510 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Kockums Mekaniska Verksteds A/B, Malmö | ||
| Owner | Ångfartygs-A/B Adolf (Adolf Bratt & Co), Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Sep 1939 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-4 (Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt) | ||
| Position | 58.40N, 09.52E - Grid AO 4146 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 20 (0 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Norrköping - Gothenburg - Bristol | ||
| Cargo | Wood pulp, paper, piece goods and cellulose | ||
| History | Completed in February 1927 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.37 hours on 24 Sep, 1939, the neutral Getrud Bratt was stopped with machine gun fire by U-4 in the Skagerrak. The crew was given 15 minutes to abandon ship, because she was carrying contraband. The Germans had no scuttling charges left and used a torpedo to sink the ship, but the first two G7a torpedoes missed. The third G7a torpedo hit and sank Gertrud Bratt 12 miles southeast of Jomfruland, Norway. | ||
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