Kongsgaard
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| Name | Kongsgaard | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.467 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Kockums Mekaniska Verksteds A/B, Malmö | ||
| Owner | Brødrene Olsen A/S, Stavanger | ||
| Homeport | Stavanger | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-67 (Günther Müller-Stöckheim) | ||
| Position | Grid EC 9379 | ||
| Complement | 46 (38 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Puerto de la Cruz - Curaçao - Aruba | ||
| Cargo | 15.600 tons of light crude oil | ||
| History | At 01.55 hours on 27 Jun, 1941, U-564 (Suhren) fired three single torpedoes in one minute intervals at the convoy HX-133 in grid AK 2432 and observed three hits. The Maasdam and Malaya II were sunk and the Kongsgaard was damaged. The Kongsgaard (Master Leif Moen) was torpedoed amidships and caught fire in position 60°N/30°42W. The crew first abandoned ship in the lifeboats, but the master, one mate and nine crew members later reboarded the vessel and managed to extinguish the fire with the help of more men. After picking up the remaining crew, the tanker continued and arrived at Belfast on 2 July. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.32 hours on 21 Feb, 1942, the unescorted Kongsgaard (Master Leif Moen) was attacked by U-67 with two torpedoes seven miles off North Point, Curaçao. One torpedo was seen by the master and he tried to evade, but one of the torpedoes struck on the port side between the bridge and the poop deck. The cargo caught fire, sending flames high above the entire afterpart. A dinghy was thrown overboard, whereupon two men tried to save themselves in it, but the flames caught up with them. Some men amidships lowered the starboard boat and then rowed away as fast as they could, after having fished some men out of the sea. At 19.02 hours, the U-boat fired a coup de grâce, which missed and at 19.30 hours a second, which struck the afterpart and caused the tanker to sink about seven miles west of North Point. The master and six survivors in the lifeboat were rescued by a fishing vessel three hours later and taken to Curaçao. An eight survivor was also picked up, he jumped off the afterpart and swam through the flames which had quickly spread on the water after the explosion, until he reached open water. | ||
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