Glitra
| Name | Glitra |
| Type | steamer |
| GRT | 866 tons |
| Country |  British |
| Built | 1881 |
| Builder | Swan & Hunter, Wallsend |
| Operator | Salvesen, Christian & Company - Leith |
| History | Built 1881 as Saxon Prince for J.Knott, N Shields.
Renamed 1896. |
U-boat attacks on steamer Glitra
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties | |
| 1 | 20 Oct 1914 | U 17 (Johannes Feldkirchner) | Sunk | 14 miles WSW Skudesnes | Grangemouth-Stavanger | coal | 0 | |
| The first merchant ship to be sunk by a German U-boat in the First World War. | ||||||||
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