Albert L. Ellsworth
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| Name | Albert L. Ellsworth | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.309 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Onstad Shipping A/S, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 27.59N, 28.50W - Grid DG 8565 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (0 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TM-1 | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Trinidad - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | 11.473 tons of Admiralty furnace oil | ||
| History | On 12 Feb, 1940, the Albert L. Ellsworth rescued 34 survivors from the Snestad, which had been sunk by U-53 (Grosse) the day before in the North Sea and proceeded to Bergen. At 01.55 hours on 13 Feb, 1940, U-50 (Bauer) fired two torpedoes at the tanker in grid AE 9977, but the first exploded near the bow without damaging her and the second exploded a few yards beyond the ship. Since 1941 in Admiralty service under Norwegian flag as Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.37 hours on 8 Jan, 1943, U-436 fired three single torpedoes on the convoy TM-1 and two of them hit the Oltenia II, which exploded and sank. The third torpedo hit the Albert L. Ellsworth (Master Thorvald Solheim), which fell behind the convoy and was abandoned by all hands. Her lifeboats picked up 20 survivors of the Oltenia II, but some of them died from their injuries. The survivors were picked up by HMS Havelock (H 88) (Cdr R.C. Boyle DSC, RN). At 20.43 hours the next day, the wreck of the Albert L. Ellsworth was shelled and sunk by U-436 in 27°57N/28°50W. | ||
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