Flynderborg
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Flynderborg | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.022 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Hall Brothers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-202 (Hans-Heinz Linder) | ||
| Position | 51.21N, 51.45W - Grid AJ 7849 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (3 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-52 | ||
| Route | Parrsboro, Nova Scotia - Sydney (29 Oct) - London | ||
| Cargo | 2125 tons of lumber | ||
| History | Built as Danish Flynderborg for C.K. Hansen, Copenhagen. On 22 Aug, 1940, taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.54, 04.58 and 05.05 hours on 3 Nov, 1941, U-202 attacked the convoy SC-52 northeast of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and observed hits on two ships and heard a third. At 08.44 hours, a capsized wreck was sunk by coup de grāce, possibly that of one of the vessels struck during the first attack. However, the Flynderborg and Gretavale were sunk by these attacks. The master, 18 crew members and two gunners from the Flynderborg (Master P. Petersen) were picked up by the HMCS Windflower (K 155) (Lt John Price) and landed at St. Johns. Three crew members were lost. | ||
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