Svartön
Swedish Steam merchant
Name | Svartön | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 2,475 tons | ||
Completed | 1906 - Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
Owner | Trafik-A/B Grängesberg-Oxelösund, Stockholm | ||
Homeport | Stockholm | ||
Date of attack | 3 Jan 1940 | Nationality: Swedish | |
Fate | Sunk by U-58 (Herbert Kuppisch) | ||
Position | 57° 48'N, 1° 47'W - Grid AN 1866 | ||
Complement | 31 (20 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
Convoy | HN-6 (romper) | ||
Route | Narvik - Middlesbrough | ||
Cargo | Iron ore | ||
History | Completed in September 1906 as British Cedargrove for Steamship Mary Co Ltd (Alexander & Arthurs), Glasgow. 1912 sold to Sweden and renamed Svartön for Rederi A/B Lulea-Ofoten (P.A. Welin), Stockholm. 1916 transferred to Trafik-A/B Grängesberg-Oxelösund, Stockholm. | ||
Notes on event | At 09.11 hours on 3 Jan 1940 the Svartön (Master Bror Emil Larsson), a romper from convoy HN-6, was hit amidships by a G7e torpedo from U-58, broke in two and sank quickly off Kinnaird Head. The master 19 crew members and a Norwegian pilot were lost. The survivors were picked up by HMS Oak (T 54) (Lt C. Edgecombe, RNR). | ||
On board | We have details of 19 people who were on board. |
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