Vaalaren
Swedish Motor merchant
Name | Vaalaren | ||
Type: | Motor merchant | ||
Tonnage | 3,406 tons | ||
Completed | 1936 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg | ||
Owner | Rederi-A/B Transatlantic, Gothenburg | ||
Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
Date of attack | 5 Apr 1943 | Nationality: Swedish | |
Fate | Sunk by U-229 (Robert Schetelig) | ||
Position | 58° 00'N, 34° 00'W - Grid AK 0193 | ||
Complement | 45 (45 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | HX-231 (romper) | ||
Route | New York (25 Mar) - Swansea - Belfast Lough | ||
Cargo | 4915 tons of general cargo | ||
History | Completed in September 1936 | ||
Notes on event | At 05.09 hours on 5 April 1943, U-229 hit a ship reported as a freighter of the Glenearn type with one torpedo. The U-boat had seen the ship leaving a convoy, chased and sank it. This must have been the Vaalaren, which had left convoy HX-231 deliberately after the first U-boat attack during the night, together Blitar and Thomas Sumpter but only the latter arrived in the UK. The Germans observed a lifeboat leaving the sinking ship but no survivors were rescued. The master, 37 crew members and seven passengers were lost. | ||
On board | We have details of 45 people who were on board. |
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