Vespasian
Norwegian Steam merchant
Name | Vespasian | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 1,570 tons | ||
Completed | 1935 - Porsgrund Mek Verksted, Porsgrunn | ||
Owner | Hilmar Reksten, Bergen | ||
Homeport | Bergen | ||
Date of attack | 24 Jan 1941 | Nationality: Norwegian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Karl-Heinz Moehle) | ||
Position | 55° 57'N, 21° 55'W - Grid AL 5244 | ||
Complement | 18 (18 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | OB-276 (straggler) | ||
Route | Tyne (9 Jan) - Oban (21 Jan) - Mackenzie, British Guiana | ||
Cargo | Ballast | ||
History | Completed in September 1935 as Betta for D/S A/S Dagfinn Henriksen & Haakon Kierulf, Oslo. 1940 renamed Vespasian for Hilmar Reksten, Bergen. | ||
Notes on event | At 21.48 hours on 24 Jan 1941, U-123 fired one torpedo at an unescorted steamer and observed the ship to sink by the bow after being hit aft about 290 miles west-southwest of Rockall. The target was most likely the Vespasian (Master Peder Johnsen) which was reported missing after straggling from convoy OB-276 due to bad weather in approximately 55°N/15°W on 23 January. | ||
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On board | We have details of 18 people who were on board. |
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