Anna Knudsen
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Anna Knudsen | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.057 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund | ||
| Homeport | Haugesund | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-586 (Dietrich von der Esch) | ||
| Position | 59.50N, 09.40W - Grid AM 2364 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 23 (0 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Seydisfjord - Loch Ewe | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | On 5 Oct, 1943, she was torpedoed in convoy AP-47 by the Japanese submarine I-10 (Tonozuka) in the Gulf of Aden on 14°20N/50°47E. Again the crew managed to take her to port.
After the war in service mainly from Aruba and Curaçao to northwest Europe and Norway, with occasional voyages from the Persian Gulf; from 1947 till 1959 in service for the factory ship Suderøy during her whaling expeditions in the Antarctic; Feb, 1960 sold to British Iron & Steel Corp. for breaking up and delivered to Thos. W. Ward Ltd., Inverleithing on 21 March. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.38 hours on 9 Feb, 1942, the unescorted Anna Knudsen was torpedoed by U-586 northwest of Scotland, but kept afloat by her crew and arrived safely in Britain. | ||
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