Ships hit during WWI

Svendsholm

NameSvendsholm
TypeSailing vessel
GRT1,998 tons
Country  Norwegian
Built1902
BuilderA. Rodger & Co., Port Glasgow
OperatorA/S Christianssand (S. O. Stray & Co.), Kristiansand
HistorySteel-hulled ship-rigged sailing vessel. Built as Bay of Biscay.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Svendsholm


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
122 Mar 1917U 24 (Walter Remy)SunkStopped and sunk by gunnery well W of Fastnet
50° 34'N, 15° 45'W
Londonderry – St. Thomas
in ballast
0

or late on March 21, 1917

Position of attack on Svendsholm


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