Hundvaagø
Name | Hundvaagø |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,901 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1915
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Builder | Bergens Mek. Verks., Bergen
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Operator | A/S D/S Hundvaagø (H. Ostervold), Bergen
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Hundvaagø
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Apr 1917 | U 60 (Karlgeorg Schuster) | Damaged | Torpedoed off SW Ireland. Time of attack 12:40am per U 60’s KTB, which would be late on April 4 British time.
| 51° 20'N, 10° 48'W
| Bathurst-Liverpool
| nuts
| 0
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| Towed to Berehaven and beached at Castletownbere. Torpedo hit attributed to U 60 by Oliver Lörscher in 2025.
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2 | 4 Aug 1918 | UB 88 (Reinhard von Rabenau) | Sunk | Torpedoed near Ile de Groix/2 miles off Lorient
| 47° 44'N, 3° 42'W
| Bordeaux - Cardiff
| in ballast
| 2
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Position of attacks on Hundvaagø
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