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Theben - a general history

Official No. 13655: Code Letters NKMB.

Owners: 1872 Dampschiffahrt (D.D.G. Kosmos) Germany: 1873 Det Forendede Dampskibs Selskab (D.F.D.S.), Copenhagen–renamed Dagmar: 1916 Karl Ancher, Sweden-renamed Runhild: 1916 Angfartygs A/B Uman (Nils Osterman) Stockholm

Masters: 1873 Stallknecht: 1875-76 J Fredriksen: 1878-86 P Petersen: 1887-95 FAS Hansen: 1900-01 ES Brabrand junior: 1903 LE Gade: 1908-09 LT Bogvad: 1911 F Bogvad.

Bound from Stockholm for Raumo the Runhild was captured in November 1916 & was being taken by a prize crew towards a German port when she was mined & sunk in the Baltic on 3 November 1916. All on board managed to reach the Swedish maritime belt where they were taken aboard a Swedish torpedo boat & landed at Sweden. Under neutral law the rescued men were handed over to the Russians on the condition they took no further part in the hostilities for the duration of the War. No lives lost.

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