Hekla
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Hekla |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 937 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1891 |
Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen |
Operator | A/S Dampsk. Selsk. Standard (S. Simonsen), Copenhagen |
History |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Hekla
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 25 Dec 1917 | UC 53 (Kurt Albrecht) | Sunk | Mined 3 miles SW of Cape Palinuro | 39° 50'N, 15° 42'E | Bone via Messina - Livorno | phosphates | 13 |
Position of attack on Hekla
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