Elisabeth
Name | Elisabeth |
Type | Sailing vessel
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GRT | 217 tons |
Country | Danish |
Built | 1916
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Builder | H.C. Nielsen, Marstal
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Operator | E.B. Kromann, Marstal
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History | Three-masted wooden-hulled schooner.
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U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Elisabeth
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Apr 1917 | U 53 (Hans Rose) | Damaged | Stopped 70 to 80 mles SW of Ireland. Attempted to scuttle failed and ship became derelict.
| 51° 02'N, 12° 05'W
| New Brunswick - Cardiff
| pitch pine
| 0
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| Found on April 30, 1917 by U81, which also attempted to sink her.
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2 | 30 Apr 1917 | U 81 (Raimund Weisbach) | Damaged | About 180 miles NW of Fastnet
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| New Brunswick - Cardiff
| pitch pine
| 0
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| Found as derelict after U53 action of April 25, 1917, and attempts again to sink failed because of the cargo. CTL but repaired.
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Position of attack on Elisabeth
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