Vilja
Name | Vilja |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,049 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1915
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Builder | Stavanger Støberi & Dok, Stavanger
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Operator | A/S Vestheim (H. Ditlev-Simonsen & Co.), Christiania
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Vilja
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Apr 1917 | U 55 (Wilhelm Werner) | Sunk | Torpedoed 135 miles W of the Fastnet
| 52° 12'N, 13° 07'W
| Bathurst, Gambia - Liverpool
| groundnuts
| 1
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Position of attack on Vilja
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