- SS
Glitra was a
steam cargo ship that was
launched in 1881 as
Saxon Prince. In 1896 she was
renamed Glitra. In 1914 she
became the
first British merchant...
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could sink it. On 20
October 1914, SM U-17 sank the
first merchant ship, SS
Glitra, off Norway. Only ten
merchants were sunk in that way
before policy was...
- get (geta), give (gifa/gefa,
related to OE.
cognate giefan),
glitter (
glitra), hit (hitta), lift (lyfta),
raise (ræisa),
ransack (rannsaka), rid (ryðia)...
- the
Middle English word gliteren,
possibly by way of the Old
Norse word
glitra. However, as
early as 30,000
years ago, mica
flakes were used to give cave...
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October 1914. On 20
October Glitra became the
first British merchant vessel to be sunk by a
German submarine in
World War I.
Glitra,
bound from Grangemouth...
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method was how the
first merchant ship lost to U-boats was sunk: This, the
Glitra, was an 866-ton
British steamer outbound from
Grangemouth to
Stavanger with...
- Oct: HMS Holland 4, Takachiho, SMS S115, SMS S119 18 Oct: HMS E3 20 Oct:
Glitra 22 Oct: SMS Temes 27 Oct: HMS Audacious 28 Oct: Mousquet,
Zhemchug 29 Oct:...
- Oct: HMS Holland 4, Takachiho, SMS S115, SMS S119 18 Oct: HMS E3 20 Oct:
Glitra 22 Oct: SMS Temes 27 Oct: HMS Audacious 28 Oct: Mousquet,
Zhemchug 29 Oct:...
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submarine by another. 1914,
October 20 –
German submarine U-17
sinks SS
Glitra in the
first submarine sinking of a
merchant ship
during the
world wars...
- the
steep north wall of the summit. The
mountain is
named after the
river Glitra and the last
element is the
finite form of tind (m)
which means 'mountain...
