Birgit
Name | Birgit |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,117 tons |
Country | Swedish |
Built | 1882
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Builder | R. Irvine & Co., West Hartlepool
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Operator | Bloms Rederi A/B (F. G. Blom), Norrköping
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History | Iron-hulled. Built as Constance for G. Pyman & Co., West Hartlepool. Sold in 1897 to Ångfartygs A/B Tirfing (A. Broström & Son), Göteborg and renamed Tirfing. Sold in 1911 to Bloms Rederi A/B (F. G. Blom), Norrköping and renamed Birgit.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Birgit
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 26 Feb 1916 | UC 10 (Alfred Nitzsche) | Sunk | Mined 4 miles outside of the Kentish Knock LV
| 51° 39'N, 1° 39'E
| Stockholm - London
| timber
| 1
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| Master: A. G. Sjösten
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Position of attack on Birgit
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