Ships hit during WWI

Nordboen


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameNordboen
TypeSteamer
GRT2,417 tons
Country  Danish
Built1896
BuilderRichardson, Duck & Co. Stockton
OperatorA/S Dampsk. Selsk. Norden (P. Brown), Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Nordboen


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
118 Aug 1918UB 48 (Wolfgang Steinbauer)SunkStopped and scuttled 30 miles from Palamos (Barcelona area)
41° 20'N, 3° 48'E
Genoa - Gibraltar
in ballast
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Position of attack on Nordboen


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