Bjerkø
Name | Bjerkø |
Type | Steamer
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GRT | 1,871 tons |
Country | Norwegian |
Built | 1912
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Builder | Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough
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Operator | D/S A/S “Danto” (D. Steen), Christiania
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History | Built as Karl Schroers for Karl Schroers’ Stoomv. Mij., Rotterdam. Sold and renamed in 1916.
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U-boat attacks on Steamer Bjerkø
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 5 Jul 1917 | UB 18 (Claus Lafrenz) | Sunk | Torpedoed 7 miles NW of the Triagoz LH
| 48° 50'N, 3° 51'W
| Melilla - West Hartlepool
| iron ore
| 16
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Position of attack on Bjerkø
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