Vaalaren
| Name | Vaalaren | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.406 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Transatlantic, Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-229 (Robert Schetelig) | ||
| Position | 58N, 34W - Grid AK 0193 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (38 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | HX-231 (romper) | ||
| Route | New York (25 Mar) - Swansea - Belfast Lough | ||
| Cargo | 4915 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.09 hours on 5 Apr, 1943, U-229 torpedoed and sank a single ship reported as a freighter of the Glenearn type. This must have been the Vaalaren, which had left the convoy HX-231 deliberately after the first U-boat attack during the night, together Blitar and Thomas Sumpter but only the latter arrived in the UK. | ||
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