Norseman
Name | Norseman |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 9,542 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1897
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Builder | Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast
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Operator | British & North Atlantic Steam Nav. Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History | Built as Brasilia for Hamburg-Amerika Linie with space for 300 2nd Class and 2400 steerage passengers. Sold in 1900 to Harland & Wolff for conversion to cargo/steerage and renamed Norseman. Sold to British & North American Steam Nav. Co. (Dominion Line), Liverpool in 1903.
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Norseman
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 22 Jan 1916 | U 39 (Walter Forstmann) | Sunk | Torpedoed in the approaches to Salonika. Beached at Tuzla Point, Salonika but became a CTL. Scrapped in situ in 1920.
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| Plymouth - Saloniki
| Mules and munitions
| 0
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