Ships hit during WWI

Svanholm


Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameSvanholm
TypeSteamer
GRT1,400 tons
Country  Danish
Built1905
BuilderWood, Skinner & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
OperatorA/S D/S Gorm (L. H. Carl), Copenhagen
History

U-boat attacks on Steamer Svanholm


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
116 Aug 1917U 94 (Alfred Saalwächter)SunkTorpedoed. Or 60.10W, 01.53E per KTB
60° 16'N, 2° 25'E
Göteborg - Tyne
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Position of attack on Svanholm


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