Hav
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| Name | Hav | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.062 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Helmer Staubo & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 14 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-561 (Robert Bartels) | ||
| Position | 31.27N, 32.27E - Grid CP 8186 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (2 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Suez (13 May) - Beirut | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 28 Feb, 1941, the Hav was requisitioned by the Sea Transport Office for special service and was used to transport war material to Greece. On 26 March, the Hav was badly damaged in an air attack when in a convoy from Alexandria to Pirĉus, but she managed to get to Alexandria two days later, where she was temporarily repaired. On 18 March, she continued to Kosseir the same day. Further repairs were made at Melbourne in June 1941. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 14 May 1942, the Hav (Master Josef Jensen) struck a mine laid on 14 April by U-561 off Port Said. Two crew members were killed and several of the survivors were injured and taken to a hospital ship in the harbour. The ship immediately began to sink, but tugs towed her to land where she was beached in 29ft of water in 31°17´57N/32°21´09E. Later that summer she was on fire six times and declared a total loss. | ||
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