Algol
Name | Algol |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 988 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1896
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Builder | J. Scott & Co., Kinghorn
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Operator | Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab, Bergen
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Algol
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 10 Mar 1917 | U 81 (Raimund Weisbach) | Sunk | Stopped and sunk by artillery E of the Shetlands
| 60° 20'N, 0° 50'E
| Newcastle - Bergen
| coal
| 18
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| Crew not recovered from the lifeboats.
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Position of attack on Algol
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