Breiviken
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| Name | Breiviken | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.669 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - W. Dobson & Co, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Haakon J. Wallem, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-178 (Wilhelm Dommes) | ||
| Position | 21.50S, 37.50E - Grid KE 7471 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (3 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DN-50 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Lourenco Marques - Durban (1 Jul) - Mombasa | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Built as Kronstad, 1931 renamed Breiviken | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.10 hours on 4 Jul, 1943, the Breiviken (Master Alf Vasdal) was torpedoed and sunk by U-178 off Portuguese East Africa. Three crewmen, including the British radio officer, were lost out of the 34 crewmen and two gunners aboard. 20 survivors were picked up from the sea by the U-boat, where the master was questioned by an officer who spoke very good Norwegian. They were placed on rafts about 10 minutes later, because a smoke trail was sighted and U-178 left to pursue the ship, it was the Michael Livanos and sank her at 18.30 hours. The survivors of Breiviken later found two drifting lifeboats from their own ship, righted and bailed them. On 8 July, they reached the coast near Ponto Barra du False, where they were taken care of by the lighthouse keeper and his wife. | ||
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