World War IDS Bogstad

DS Bogstad was torpedoed on September 4th, 1918, by the German U-boat UB-125 off Lundy Island. The ship was en route from Bilbao to Newport with iron ore. The entire crew of 12 people perished in the shipwreck. Some of the deceased from the ship later washed ashore.

(Sources: Sjøhistorie.no and Med norsk skib i verdenskrigen)

About DS Bogstad

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1910

  • Wrecked

    04.09.1918

  • Carrier

    Fearnley & Eger, Kristiania

  • Tonnage

    2650 dvt

Casualties