Mars
Swedish Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm
| Name | Mars | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,877 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - A/S Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder, Bergen | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Iris (S. Abrahamsen), Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Dec 1939 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-22 (Karl-Heinrich Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 55° 04'N, 1° 24'W - Grid AN 5461 | ||
| Complement | 22 (7 dead and 15 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Köpmanholmen, Sweden - Helsingborg - London | ||
| Cargo | Wood pulp | ||
| History | Completed in January 1924 as Norwegian Ida for Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund. 1936 sold to Sweden and renamed Mars. | ||
| Notes on event | At 14.30 hours on 20 December 1939 the Mars struck a mine, laid earlier the same day by U-22 and sank about one mile east of St. Mary’s Lighthouse near Blyth. Nine of the survivors, four of them injured, were landed at North Shields a few hours later. | ||
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