City of Bagdad

City of Bagdad was a British merchant ship that was captured and sunk by the German raider Atlantis on 11 July 1940.[1][2] The crew were then kept prisoner for 107 days on the Atlantis before transferring to Durmitor. City of Bagdad's Captain, J. Armstrong White, later became friendly with Atlantis's captain Bernhard Rogge and her adjutant Ulrich Mohr and wrote an account of her sinking in the foreword to Mohr's book Ship 16 (1956).[3]

City of Bagdad

Originally ordered for the Hansa Line as Geierfels,[4] the 7,490 gross register ton ship was launched on 8 November 1919 and completed in June 1920 before being turned over to the British as reparations after World War I.[5]

References
  1. SS City of Bagdad (+1940). wrecksite.eu Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. Duffy, James P. (2005). Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 15–16. ISBN 0-8032-6652-9.
  3. "Foreword" by J. Armstrong White in Ulrich Mohr & Arthur V. Sellwood. (2008). Ship 16: The Story of a German Surface Raider. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84868-115-6.
  4. DDG Hansa Ship Photos Collection
  5. "City of Bagdad (1144643)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

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