Ships hit during WWI

Solbakken

NameSolbakken
TypeSteamer
GRT2,616 tons
Country  Norwegian
Built1895
BuilderSir Raylton Dixon & Co., Middlesbrough
OperatorA/S D/S Solbakken (O. F. Olsen), Bergen
HistoryBuilt as Homer for Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Nav. Co., Ltd. (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool. In 1912, Uribe y Eguiraun, Montevideo acquired the stemaer, renaming her Olida. Two years later, the port of registration changed to Bilbao. A/S D/S Solbakken bought the vessel in 1915 and changed her name to Solbakken.

U-boat attacks on Steamer Solbakken


DateU-boatLoss typePositionLocationRouteCargoCasualties
14 Feb 1917UC 24 (Kurt Willich)SunkCaptured and scuttled 60 miles SW of Ushant

Buenos Aires - Cherbourg
wheat
15


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