Ships hit during WWI

Jönköping 1

NameJönköping 1
Typesteamer
GRT1,546 tons
Country  Swedish
Built1881
BuilderBartram, Haswell & Co., Sunderland
OperatorRederi A/B Nordstjernan (A. A. Johnson), Stockholm
History

U-boat attacks on steamer Jönköping 1


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
113 Aug 1918UB 104 (Thomas Bieber)SunkTorpedoed off Robin Hood Bay

Göteborg - Hull
general cargo
5

Master: C. A. Herlitz. Stern section towed in and beached on Herd Sands but dispersed in June 1919. Jönköping 1 had sailed from Baltaden in convoy HZ48 on August 10, 1918.


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