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Fridland - Twice attacked

Owners: 1910 Ang A/B Tirfing (Axel Brostrom & Son) Gothenburg: 1915 Captured & taken to Kirkwall

Masters: 1915-17 CGE Svensson.

On a voyage from Portland for Rotterdam with a cargo of grain on 2 February 1916 Fridland was damaged by a mine laid by a German submarine (UC-1 Kurt Ramien) near Longsand light vessel. She was beached & salvaged.

The Belgian Relief ship left Baltimore, USA on 12 January 1918 on a voyage for Rotterdam with a cargo of  6,715 tons of grain when she was torpedoed in a so-called ‘safe’ region off the Dutch Island of Terchelling in the North Sea in 53.34N/04.10 E on Thursday, 7 February 1918. The first torpedo hit her on the starboard side killing 6 of the crew-20 minutes later a second struck her on the port side. The remaining crew took to the boats & when some distance away saw three more shots fired at their vessel. Only one hit her but it struck her amidships & she broke in two & sank. One crewman was wounded & six were lost.

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