Lysefjord
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| Name | Lysefjord | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.091 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Stavanger Støberi & Dokk, Stavanger | ||
| Owner | Kornelius Olsen, Stavanger | ||
| Homeport | Stavanger | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
| Position | 23.09N, 83.24W - Grid DM 4288 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 23 (4 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tampa - Tela - Puerto Barrios | ||
| Cargo | 900 tons of lumber, asphalt and machinery | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.41 hours on 2 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Lysefjord (Master Arne Olsen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-155. Four crew members were lost. 11 survivors in a boat landed near Gobernadora Light on Cuba after having rowed for 14 hours, while the remaining survivors, who had been on a raft had found an overturned lifeboat and rightened it. They were picked up the same day by an American ship and taken to Tampa. | ||
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