Augvald
Photo courtesy of Dave Boone
| Name | Augvald | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,811 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | H.M. Wrangell & Co A/S, Haugesund | ||
| Homeport | Haugesund | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-147 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 59.30N, 07.30W - Grid AM 3353 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (29 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | HX-109 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Baltimore (7 Feb) - Halifax (13 Feb) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of steel, scrap iron and tractors | ||
| History | Completed in November 1920 as Torrey for Martin Mosvold, Farsund. In June 1923 renamed Augvald for H.M. Wrangell & Co A/S, Haugesund. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.12 hours on 2 Mar, 1941, the Augvald (Master Rolf Svensen), a straggler from convoy HX-109 since 1 March due to bad weather, was hit in the forward hold by one G7a torpedo from U-147 and sank within one minute 155 miles northwest of the Hebrides. The Germans tried to question some survivors sitting on debris but were not able to understand them. The master and 28 crew members were lost, among them two young English mess boys aged 14 and 16. Able seaman Rasmus Kolstų survived 11 days alone on a raft and was picked up by HMS Pimpernel (K 71) (Lt F.H. Thornton, RNR) escorting the convoy OB-296 in 58°50N/09°10W and was later landed at Greenock. | ||
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