Silja
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| Name | Silja | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.259 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - P.Ph. Stuhr´s Maskin & Skibsværft, Aalborg | ||
| Owner | Rederi A/S Kragerø (K. Sandaas), Kragerø | ||
| Homeport | Kragerø | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 51.21N, 11.32W - Grid AM 7969 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 16 (16 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Trapani (26 Jan) - Gibraltar (5 Feb) - Bergen | ||
| Cargo | Salt | ||
| History | Completed in May 1919 | ||
| Notes on loss | The neutral Silja (Master Knut Jensen) left Gibraltar on 5 February and was reported missing thereafter. At 20.59 hours on 10 Feb, 1940, U-37 fired one torpedo at a steamer, which was struck in the aft part and broke in two. The stern sank immediately and the foreship followed after a few minutes. This must have been the Silja. | ||
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