Margrete
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Margrete |
Type | Steamer |
GRT | 1,277 tons |
Country | ![]() |
Built | 1897 |
Builder | W. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool |
Operator | A/S Christianholms Fabrikker (S. Harboe), Copenhagen |
History |
U-boat attacks on Steamer Margrete
Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
1 | 31 Oct 1917 | UB 65 (Martin Schelle) | Damaged | North Sea, towed Lerwick | 60° 08'N, 1° 42'E | Copenhagen - Lerwick | 4 | |
2 | 12 Jul 1918 | UC 59 (Walther Strasser) | prize | Skagerrak | 57° 45'N, 9° 05'E | Aalborg - Hartlepool | in ballast | 0 |
Taken as a prize, later released |
Position of attacks on Margrete
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