Quintero
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Quintero |
Type | Sailing vessel |
GRT | 1,611 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1890 |
Builder | Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Alloa |
Operator | Rederiselsk. Limfjorden (Rechnitzer, Thomsen & Co.), Aalborg |
History | Steel-hulled bark. Built as Emin Pascha. |
U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Quintero
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 16 Mar 1918 | UB 34 (Hellmuth von Ruckteschell) | Sunk | Stopped and scuttled off the Skaw | 57° 54'N, 9° 33'E | Frederikshavn - New York | in ballast | 0 |
Ship sunk as her papers indicated a change of flags during the war; the ship had previously been Allied-owned. |
Position of attack on Quintero
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