Gertrud Bratt

Gertrud Bratt

Ship data Ship type Steamship Owner A. Bratt & Co., Gothenburg Shipyard Kockums Menkaniska Verkstad Aktiebolag, Malmo Whereabouts Sank on September 24, 1939 after being hit by a torpedo.

Ship dimensions and crew length 77.0 m ( Lüa ) width 11 m measurement 1510 GRT

The Gertrud Bratt was a cargo steamer from Sweden . The ship belonged to the shipping company A. Bratt & Co. in Gothenburg . It was built in Sweden in 1927 at the Kockums Menkaniska Verkstad Aktiebolag shipyard in Malmö .

Sinking

The Gertrud Bratt sank after the third torpedo from U 4 ( Kapitänleutnant Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt) on September 24, 1939 at 12:28 p.m. in the North Sea at position 58 ° 40 ′  N , 9 ° 52 ′  E in the naval grid square AO 4146 The loss of life is unknown.

The ship that was on its way to Bristol had paper , pulp , yard goods and cellulose loaded.

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• Busch, Röll: The U-Boat War 1939-1945 , Volume 3, ISBN 3-8132-0513-4
• Erich Gröner: The merchant fleets of the world 1942 and supplement 1944 , ISBN 3-469-00552-4
• Erich Gröner: Search list for ship names , ISBN 3-469-00553-2