Ships hit during WWI

Harald Klitgaard


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameHarald Klitgaard
TypeSteamer
GRT1,799 tons
Country  Danish
Built1884
BuilderRichardson, Duck & Co., Stockton
OperatorDansk Russiske Dampsk. Selsk. (H. Morch), Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Harald Klitgaard


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
16 Jun 1917UC 77 (Reinhard von Rabenau)SunkTorpedoed while in convoy 28 miles N of Farne Island

Copenhagen - Seaham Harbour
in ballast
1


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