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S/S Haelen

The First World War · All conflicts

Type

Steamer

Owner

Commission for Relief in Belgium

Flag

Belgian

Date

16 March 1917

Fate

in ballast from Rotterdam for New York on the safe lane, carrying all the Commission’s markings together with a safe-conduct from the German Minister at The Hague, shelled by a German submarine; six of her crew were killed and she was so badly damaged that she had to put into a Norwegian port for repairs

Attacker

UB-63 (Rudolf Gebeschus)