Hans Egede
Greenland Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Hans Egede | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 900 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Grönlands Styreise, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  Greenland | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-587 (Ulrich Borcherdt) | ||
| Position | 46N, 55.30W - Grid BB 6759 | ||
| Complement | 23 (23 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Ivigtut, Greenland (27 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in April 1905 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 6 Mar, 1942, U-587 torpedoed and sank a ship reported to be a camouflaged Greenland patrol vessel named Hawse Gude, but this must have been Hans Egede (Master N.O. Petersen) which was reported missing in Canadian waters since 4 March. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 24 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Hans Egede.
ship sunk.
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