Hans Egede
Greenlandic Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Hans Egede | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 900 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Grönlands Styreise, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  Greenlandic | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-587 (Ulrich Borcherdt) | ||
| Position | 46° 00'N, 55° 30'W - Grid BB 6759 | ||
| Complement | 24 (24 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Ivigtut, Greenland (27 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in April 1905 | ||
| Notes on event | On 6 March 1942 U-587 torpedoed and sank a ship reported to be a camouflaged Greenland patrol vessel named Hawse Gude, but this must have been Hans Egede (Master Niels Oluf Christian Petersen) which was reported missing in Canadian waters since 4 March. | ||
| On board | We have details of 24 people who were on board. | ||
Location of attack on Hans Egede.
ship sunk.
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