Inger Elisabeth
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| Name | Inger Elisabeth | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,166 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Framnes Mek Verksted A/S, Sandefjord | ||
| Owner | Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-517 (Paul Härtwig) | ||
| Position | 48.49N, 64.06W - Grid BB 1763 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (3 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SQ-36 | ||
| Route | Swansea - Sydney - Port Alfred | ||
| Cargo | 3400 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built as Cissy, 1939 renamed Inger Elisabeth | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.33 hours on 15 Sep, 1942, U-517 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SQ-36 four miles from Cape des Rosiers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and reported one ship sunk and another damaged. In fact, the Inger Elisabeth and Saturnus were hit and sunk by one torpedo each. The U-boat had followed the convoy since the afternoon of the day before and tried to chase it further but lost contact in fog. Two Norwegian and one Irish crew members from the Inger Elisabeth were lost. The survivors reached the shore in the lifeboats by themselves. | ||
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