Sokoto
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Sokoto |
Type | Sailing vessel |
GRT | 2,259 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1887 |
Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow |
Operator | Seijlskibsselskabet Hippalos A/S (O. J. Eskildsen), Copenhagen |
History | Four-masted, iron-hulled bark. |
U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Sokoto
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 25 Apr 1917 | U 58 (Kurt Wippern) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 15 miles NExN of North Rona | Baltimore - Aarhus | phosphate | 0 |
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