ww1_adolf

Registrerings no: 1765
Typ: Ångare
Byggd 1872 i Newcastle, England.
Tonnage: 853 grt, 595 nrt.
Dim:
Maskin: Steam 450 ihp
1872 - 18??: ANNE SMITH,
18?? - 1894: BRACKLEY,
1894 - 1917: ADOLF, Ångfartygs AB Adolf, Göteborg, Sverige.
12/2 1917: Stoppad i Nordsjön av en Tysk ubåt som senare sänkte henne med sprängbomber. ADOLF var på resa från Swansea till Sverige med styckegods. Besättningen bogserades i sina livbåtar av ubåten tills man hade Copinsay fyr i sikte. Senare kom två Engelska torpedjagare, varav den ena OPPORTUNE införde besättningen till Scrabster vid Thurso.

Off. no: 1765
Type: General Cargo steamer
Build 1872 at Newcastle, England.
Tonnage: 853 grt, 595 nrt.
Dim:
Engine: Steam 450 ihp
1872 - 18??: ANNE SMITH,
18?? - 1894: BRACKLEY,
1894 - 1917: ADOLF, Ångfartygs AB Adolf, Gothenburg, Sweden.
12/2 1917: Captured in the North Sea by a German submarine which later sunk the ship with explosives. ADOLF was on a voyage from Swansea to Sweden with general cargo. The crew was towed by the submarine until they had Copinsay lighthouse in sight. Later was the crew picked up by the English destroyer OPPORTUNE which landed the crew at Scrabster , Thurso.