Solbakken
| Name | Solbakken |
| Type | Steamer
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| GRT | 2,616 tons |
| Country | Norwegian |
| Built | 1895
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| Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough
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| Operator | A/S D/S Solbakken (O. F. Olsen), Bergen
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| History | Built as Homer for Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co., Ltd. (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool. In 1912, Uribe y Eguiraun, Montevideo acquired the stemaer, renaming her Olida. Two years later, the port of registration changed to Bilbao. A/S D/S Solbakken bought the vessel in 1915 and changed her name to Solbakken.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Solbakken
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 4 Feb 1917 | UC 24 (Kurt Willich) | Sunk | Captured and scuttled 60 miles SW of Ushant
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| Buenos Aires - Cherbourg
| wheat
| 15
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