Thor Ii
| Name | Thor Ii |
| Type | Sailing vessel
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| GRT | 2,144 tons |
| Country |  Norwegian |
| Built | 1886
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| Builder | Russell & Co., Port Glasgow
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| Operator | Thor Dahl, Fredriksværn/Sandefjord
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| History | Four-masted, iron-hulled bark built as Nile for W. Douglas (A. Brown), Glasgow. Resold in several times before Thor Dahl acquired the vessel in 1911 and renamed it to Thor II.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Thor Ii
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
| 1 | 4 Feb 1917 | U 45 (Erich Sittenfeld) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by torpedoed 80 miles off the Irish coast
| 50.18N, 11.48W
| South Georgia – Queenstown
| whale oil
| 0
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| Captain Jacobsen, master of the ship was taken on board U 45 with his wife and daughter aged 3 years to avoid them to remain at sea in open boats. All were landed at Helgoland and sent back to Norway.
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