Tolken
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| Name | Tolken | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,471 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - A/B Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Wallenco (O. Wallenius), Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 13 May 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 51.50N, 33.35W - Grid AK 8734 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (0 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-92 | ||
| Route | Hull - Loch Ewe - Wabana | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in March 1922 for Rederi-A/B Transatlantic, Gothenburg. 1940 transferred to Rederi-A/B Wallenco (O. Wallenius), Stockholm. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.18 hours on 13 May, 1942, the Tolken in convoy ONS-92 was hit by one torpedo from U-94, which observed how the crew abandoned ship and was driven away by the convoy escorts. At 09.30 hours, the U-boat found the vessel again, but was shot at from the steamer with machine guns as they approached her on the surface. A first coup de grāce at 10.20 hours malfunctioned, but the second fired 5 minutes later hit and sank the ship. The survivors were picked up by the British rescue ship Bury (Master Lawrence Edwin Brown, OBE) and landed at St. Johns on 16 May. | ||
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