Rosenborg
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Rosenborg | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.997 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | J.S. Stranaghan & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Belfast | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-386 (Hans-Albrecht Kandler) | ||
| Position | 61N, 15W - Grid AE 8882 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (28 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | RU-71 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Reykjavik (22 Apr) - Belfast - Swansea | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Danish Rosenborg for C.K. Hansen, Copenhagen. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.43 hours on 25 Apr, 1943, the Rosenborg (Master Peter Volmar Petersen), a straggler from convoy RU-71, was hit by two torpedoes from U-386 north of Rockall and sank within 30 seconds. The master, 21 crew members, four gunners and two passengers were lost. Two crew members were picked up by the British rescue ship Goodwin (Master George Lewis Campbell OBE) and landed at Clyde on 28 April. | ||
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