Altair
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| Name | Altair | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.522 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Furness Shipbuilding Co, Haverton Hill, Tees | ||
| Owner | Henrik Řstervold, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-32 (Hans Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 49.39N, 11.15W - Grid BF 1432 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Halifax (5 Jun) - Kings Lynn | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.02 hours on 18 Jun, 1940, the unescorted and unarmed Altair (Master Johannes Nesholt) was torpedoed and shelled by U-32 and sank west of Ireland. The two Norwegian lifeboats picked up 19 fishermen of the two Spanish trawlers Sálvora and Faro-Ons, which were sunk by the same U-boat shortly afterwards. All survivors were picked up later by two other Spanish trawlers and taken to Pasages, Spain on 21 June. | ||
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