Hans Egede
Greenlandic Steam merchant
Name | Hans Egede | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 900 tons | ||
Completed | 1905 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
Owner | Grönlands Styreise, Copenhagen | ||
Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
Date of attack | 6 Mar 1942 | Nationality: Greenlandic | |
Fate | Sunk by U-587 (Ulrich Borcherdt) | ||
Position | 46° 00'N, 55° 30'W - Grid BB 6759 | ||
Complement | 24 (24 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Ivigtut, Greenland (27 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
Cargo | |||
History | Completed in April 1905 | ||
Notes on event | On 6 March 1942 U-587 torpedoed and sank a ship reported to be a camouflaged Greenland patrol vessel named Hawse Gude, but this must have been Hans Egede (Master Niels Oluf Christian Petersen) which was reported missing in Canadian waters since 4 March. | ||
On board | We have details of 24 people who were on board. |
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