Kapitänleutnant Johannes FeldkirchenerOn 20 October 1914, Glitra was outbound from Grangemouth with a destination of Stavanger, Norway laden with coal, iron plate and oil when she was stopped and searched 14 nautical miles west southwest of Skudenes, Rogaland, Norway by the German U-boat SMU U-17 Germany 2 , under the command of Kapitänleutnant Johannes Feldkirchener.