Kai
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Kai |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 1,391 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1883 |
Builder | Osbourne, Graham & Co., Sunderland |
Operator | Dampsk. Selsk. Myren (Holm & Wonsild), Copenhagen |
History |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Kai
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 5 Nov 1917 | U 63 (Otto Schultze) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled SE of Cape St Vincnet | 36° 22'N, 8° 03'W | Melilla - Port Talbot | iron ore | 0 |
Kai had sailed from Gibraltar on 4 November 1917 in convoy HG27, but was straggling behind when the attack took place. |
Position of attack on Kai
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