Jern
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| Name | Jern | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 875 tons | ||
| Completed | 1883 - C.S. Swan & Hunter Ltd, Wallsend | ||
| Owner | Olav Østensjø, Haugesund | ||
| Homeport | Haugesund | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Sep, 1939 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-32 (Paul Büchel) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 4367 - See estimated map location (58.48N03.20E) * | ||
| Complement | 14 (0 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Namdalen, Norway - Northfleet | ||
| Cargo | wood pulp | ||
| History | Delivered in October 1883 as British Tyneside, later renamed Welsh Prince and then Quarnero; 1898 sold to a Norwegian owner in Trondheim and renamed Rebekka; 1913 sold to Thv. Halvorsen, Bergen and renamed Jern; 1937 sold Olav Østensjø, Haugesund. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 28 Sep, 1939, the Jern (Master G. Gabrielsen) was stopped by U-32 65 miles west of Skudenes and the crew was given 15 minutes to get into the lifeboats. A boarding party from the U-boat scuttled the ship by three scuttling charges at 15.37 hours about 85 miles west of Jæren´s Rev. Five of the Norwegians had to help the boarding party to bring the explosives to the ship. The survivors were taken towards the shore on the U-boat before being transferred to the Swedish steam merchant Caledonia. The next day they were transferred to the Norwegian torpedoboat Lyn and taken to Kristiansand. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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