Havsten
Norwegian Motor tanker
| Name | Havsten | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,161 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Rafen & Loennechen, Tønsberg | ||
| Homeport | Tønsberg | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 10° 25'N, 56° 00'W - Grid EE 8915 | ||
| Complement | 33 (1 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Freetown - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in August 1930. Since 1941 in Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | ||
| Notes on event | At 01.59 hours on 4 August 1942 the unescorted Havsten (Master Gjert Sofus Olsen) was hit by one torpedo from U-160 (Lassen) and at 02.05 hours, missed by a second torpedo. The U-boat then surfaced and shelled the tanker with 20 rounds, setting her on fire and the crew abandoned ship. The second engineer and another crew member had been killed on watch below. The master and the radio operator were taken prisoners by the U-boat, landed at Lorient on 24 August and brought to the POW camp Marlag und Milag Nord, but the master eventually came back to Norway. On 14 August, the lifeboats reached land. At 10.31 hours on 6 August 1942 the drifting wreck of the Havsten was sunk by the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli (Fecia di Cossato) with two torpedoes in 11°18N/54°45W. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 33 people who were on board. | ||
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