SS Aud
| History | |
|---|---|
 Norway
| |
| Name: | Aud |
| Operator: | J. Kuhnle, Jr., Bergen |
| Builder: | Bergen Mekaniske Verksted, Bergen |
| Completed: | 1907 |
| Homeport: | Bergen |
| Fate: | Sunk by SM UB-18 30 November 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Collier |
| Tonnage: | 1,102 GRT |
| Length: | 69.8 m (229 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.7 m (35 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | triple expansion, two boilers, 106 PS (105 hp) |
The Aud was a 1,102 gross register tons (GRT) Norwegian steamboat, built in 1907 in Bergen, Norway by Bergen Mekaniske Verksted for J. Kuhnle, Jr.. She was stopped and searched on 30 November 1916 by SM UB-18 at 50°19′N 5°33′W / 50.317°N 5.550°W when sailing from Cardiff to Lisbon with a load of coal. UB-18's skipper, Claus Lafrenz, declared the cargo contraband and sunk the ship after putting the crew in the life-boats. Captain Andreas Stehen and his men were later picked up by the Spanish steamer SS Alu Mendi out of Bilbao, which had also been stopped and searched by UB-18 but released. They returned to Norway unharmed.
In April 1916, the German steamer Libau posed as the neutral Aud when delivering a cargo of rifles for the Easter Rising.