Christiansborg
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Christiansborg | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,270 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - NV Scheepswerf Voorheen Jan Smit Czn, Alblasserdam | ||
| Owner | A/S D/S Dannebrog (C.K. Hansen), Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Mar 1940 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 60.17N, 02.49W - Grid AN 1342 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (1 dead and 24 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Philadelphia - Frederikhavn - Copenhagen | ||
| Cargo | 4107 tons of maize | ||
| History | Completed in February 1922 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.26 hours on 21 Mar, 1940, the neutral Christiansborg was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-38 and broke in two. The ship had been missed by a stern torpedo at 02.56 hours. The forepart sank in 60°15N/02°40W and the afterpart was shelled and sunk by the British armed boarding vessel HMS Discovery II later the same day. The survivors were picked up by the British vessel and taken to Kirkwall. | ||
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