Margrete
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
Name | Margrete |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,277 tons |
Country | Danish |
Built | 1897
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Builder | W. Gray & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool
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Operator | A/S Christianholms Fabrikker (S. Harboe), Copenhagen
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Margrete
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 31 Oct 1917 | UB 65 (Martin Schelle) | Damaged | North Sea, towed Lerwick
| 60° 08'N, 1° 42'E
| Copenhagen - Lerwick
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| 4
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2 | 12 Jul 1918 | UC 59 (Walther Strasser) | prize | Skagerrak
| 57° 45'N, 9° 05'E
| Aalborg - Hartlepool
| in ballast
| 0
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| Taken as a prize, later released
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Position of attacks on Margrete
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