Skip to main content
SS Glitra. Image in public domain.

SS Glitra. Image in public domain.

  • The SS Glitra becomes the first British merchant vessel to be lost to a German submarine. The Glitra is transporting a load of coal from Grangemouth to Stavanger when she is intercepted off the coast of Norway by the German U-boat U-17. The crew is ordered into life boats and the vessel scuttled. There is no loss of life.