DS Peer Gynt

World War IDS Peer Gynt

DS Peer Gynt was torpedoed by the German U-boat UC-47 on August 23, 1917, northeast of Godrevy Lighthouse. The ship was en route from Port Talbot to Rouen, France, carrying coal. Four people lost their lives in the shipwreck. The survivors spent ten hours on a raft in the Bristol Channel before being rescued by a French vessel and brought ashore in Swansea. (Sources: Sjøhistorie.no and Med norsk skib i verdenskrigen)

Maritime enquiry: Peer Gynt

(Source: Sjøforklaringer over norske skibes krigsforlis, 1914-1918. B. 3 : 2det halvaar 1917, via Nb.no)

About DS Peer Gynt

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1915

  • Wrecked

    23.08.1917

  • Carrier

    H. Gran Kahrs, Bergen

  • Tonnage

    1144 brt

Casualties