Hekla
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Hekla |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 937 tons |
Country | Danish |
Built | 1891
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Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen
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Operator | A/S Dampsk. Selsk. Standard (S. Simonsen), Copenhagen
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Hekla
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Dec 1917 | UC 53 (Kurt Albrecht) | Sunk | Mined 3 miles SW of Cape Palinuro
| 39° 50'N, 15° 42'E
| Bone via Messina - Livorno
| phosphates
| 13
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Position of attack on Hekla
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