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Skjoldborg

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1914 Skjoldborg DS Neptun
1915 Lokken Rederi AS Orkla

Fate

Sunk by gunfire from the German submarine U-50 (Gerhard Berger), in the Bay of Biscay, on November 11th, 1916. The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff to Philipeville, Algeria, with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.

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