Sokoto
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Sokoto |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 2,259 tons |
Country | Danish |
Built | 1887
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Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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Operator | Seijlskibsselskabet Hippalos A/S (O. J. Eskildsen), Copenhagen
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History | Four-masted, iron-hulled bark.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Sokoto
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Apr 1917 | U 58 (Kurt Wippern) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk 15 miles NExN of North Rona
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| Baltimore - Aarhus
| phosphate
| 0
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