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Hilda

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1880 Hilda F. Herskind & Co.
1884 Hilda Herskind & Woods
1893 Hilda Hilda S.S. Co. Ltd.
1903 Hilda DS Hekla
1912 Gisko AS Gisko

Fate

The Norwegian steamship Gisko was bound from Alesund for Hull with a general cargo when she was captured & sunk with an explosive device by German submarine (U-21 Otto Hersing) off the north coast of Scotland in the North Sea in 61.03N/03.28E on 22 April 1917. Master R. Schage. No lives were lost.

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