Ships hit during WWI

Greta

NameGreta
TypeSailing vessel
GRT1,370 tons
Country  Swedish
Built1869
BuilderA. Hathorn, Bath, ME
OperatorO. Lindberg, Stockholm
HistoryWooden barque. Built as J.A. Thompson, later sold to German owners and renamed Margaretha before being sold to Swedish owners and becoming Greta.

U-boat attacks on Sailing vessel Greta


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
118 Oct 1916U 71 (Hugo Schmidt)Sunk9 miles off the Hirshels LH
57° 47'N, 9° 56'E
Göteborg - Sunderland
Pitprops and sleepers
0

Position of attack on Greta


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