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Photo #  NH 2473:  Norwegian bark Stifinder is captured by the German submarine U-152, 13 October 1918


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Stifinder (Norwegian Bark, 1894).
Previously named Pass of Killiecrankie, Dyveke and Torrey

Pass of Killiecrankie, a 1746 gross ton steel-hulled bark, was built at Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1894 for commercial employment under the British flag. In about 1910 she was transferred to Norwegian registry and renamed Dyveke. She was again renamed Torrey in about 1914 and Stifinder in about 1917. On 24 May 1917 she collided with the steamer Selje in the Atlantic, with the latter sinking as a result of her damage. Stifinder was captured by the German submarine U-152 on 13 October 1918 and scuttled at sea.

This page features the only views we have concerning the Norwegian bark Stifinder of 1894, which was also named Pass of Killiecrankie, Dyveke and Torrey.


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Photo #: NH 2473

U-152
(German Submarine, 1917)

Comes alongside its prize, the Norwegian bark Stifinder, on 13 October 1918. The bark was sunk after being captured in the western mid-Atlantic. She appears to be flying a Spanish flag.
At this time U-152 had two U.S. Navy officers on board as prisoners of war, captured when she sank USS Ticonderoga (ID # 1958) on 30 September 1918. They were Lieutenant Frank L. Muller, USNRF, Ticonderoga's Executive Officer, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Junius H. Fulcher, USNRF.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 42510

Stifinder
(Norwegian Bark, 1894)

Sinking with her sails still set, in the western mid-Atlantic, 13 October 1918. She had been captured and scuttled by the German submarine U-152.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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