Vordingborg
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Vordingborg |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 2,155 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1908 |
Builder | Fevigs Jernskibsbyg., Fevig |
Operator | A/S Dampsk. Selsk. Dannebrog (C. K. Hansen), Copenhagen |
History |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Vordingborg
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 11 Jul 1917 | UC 77 (Reinhard von Rabenau) | Sunk | 25 miles NE of Ushant | 48° 52'N, 5° 16'W | Cardiff - Huelva | coal | 0 |
Scuttled after crew abandoned vessel after a torpedo miss. |
Position of attack on Vordingborg
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