SS Glitra

SS Glitra

SS "Glitra" was a steam ship that was the first British merchant vessel to be sunk in the First World War.

History

SS "Saxon Prince" was the first ship built for Prince Steam Shipping Ltd., otherwise known as "Prince Line". She was launched in 1882, and in 1884 entered service with Prince Line. She served for eleven years with Prince Line and was then sold to Christian Salvesen in 1895. "Saxon Prince" was renamed "Glitra" and served with Christian Salvesen for nineteen years. She was fated to be the first British merchant vessel sunk by Germany in the First World War.cite web | url = http://www.graptolite.net/Glitra.html| publisher = Facta Nautica| title = s.s. GLITRA | accessdate = 2008-03-24(Polish)]

Capture and sinking

"Glitra".

As "U-17" searched and scuttled "Glitra" the two vessels were being observed by the Royal Norwegian Navy 1. class torpedo boat HNoMS "Hai" on neutrality protection duties. The Norwegians did not interfere with the incident itself, as it took place outside of Norwegian territorial waters, but after "U-17" left the scene "Hai" took the British lifeboats under tow and brought the crewmen to the south western Norwegian port of Skudeneshavn.cite book | first = & Johan Henrik Lilleheim| last = Jon Rustung Hegland| authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1998| month = | title = Norske torpedobåter gjennom 125 år| chapter = | editor = | others = | edition = | pages = p43|language = Norwegian| publisher = Sjømilitære Samfund ved Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesen| location = Hundvåg | id = ISBN 82-994738-1-0| url = ]

Thus "Glitra" became the first British merchant vessel to be lost to a German submarinecite web | url = http://uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=17| publisher = Uboat.net| title = WWI U-Boats U-17| accessdate = 2008-03-24]

ee also

Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships

External links

* [http://unterseeboot-u17.de/seite_7.html Photo] of U-17

References


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