Ships hit during WWI

Sokoto


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameSokoto
TypeSailing vessel
GRT2,259 tons
Country  Danish
Built1887
BuilderRussell & Co., Port Glasgow
OperatorSeijlskibsselskabet Hippalos A/S (O. J. Eskildsen), Copenhagen
HistoryFour-masted, iron-hulled bark.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Sokoto


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
125 Apr 1917U 58 (Kurt Wippern)SunkStopped and sunk 15 miles NExN of North Rona

Baltimore - Aarhus
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