Beth
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| Name | Beth | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,852 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | L. Gill-Johannessen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 18 May 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-162 (Jürgen Wattenberg) | ||
| Position | 11.48N, 57.32W - Grid EE 7338 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (2 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port of Spain (15 May) - Freetown | ||
| Cargo | 10109 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | Since 1941 in Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.10 hours on 18 May 1942, the Beth (Master Hans Gulliksen) was hit by two torpedoes from U-162 and sank. 21 men, including the master reached Barbados in two lifeboats after 36 hours, nine others landed at Tobago in a third lifeboat on 20 May. | ||
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