Bello
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| Name | Bello | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,125 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Hans H. Torgersen & Co, Tønsberg | ||
| Homeport | Tønsberg | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Dec 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-610 (Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen) | ||
| Position | 51.45N, 23.50W - Grid AL 7837 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (33 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-153 | ||
| Route | Glasgow - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.36 and 08.38 hours on 16 Dec, 1942, U-610 fired two spreads of two torpedoes at the convoy ON-153 and observed two hits on a first tanker that sank burning in 4 minutes and a hit with a column of fire on another tanker. The Bello was sunk and the Regent Lion damaged. The Bello (Master Trygve Bernt) in station #104 was hit on the starboard side by two torpedoes in the engine room. The ship sank by the stern and sank within a few minutes, leaving no time to launch the lifeboat so the survivors were forced to jump overboard and to swim to three rafts and an overturned boat. After about an hour, the master and six survivors were picked up by the HMS Pink (K 137) which unsuccessfully searched for more survivors until daylight and then rejoined the convoy. 28 Norwegian and five British crew members were lost. The survivors were landed in St.Johns on 29 December. | ||
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