Sneland I
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| Name | Sneland I | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,791 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Nüschke & Co AG, Stettin-Grabow | ||
| Owner | Richard Amlie & Sverre Amlie, Haugesund | ||
| Homeport | Haugesund | ||
| Date of attack | 7 May 1945 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-2336 (Emil Klusmeier) | ||
| Position | 56.10N, 02.31W - Grid AN 0563 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (7 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | EN-591 | ||
| Route | Blyth - Methil (7 May) - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | 2800 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built as Ingeborg, 1925 renamed Sneland I | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.03 and 23.06 hours on 7 May 1945, U-2336 attacked the convoy EN-591 near May Island in the Firth of Forth and sank two ships, the Avondale Park and Sneland I. The Sneland I (Master Johannes Lægland) was the commodore ship of the convoy and sank two minutes after being hit by a torpedo on the starboard side. The master and five crew members were lost, another crew member died while being brought ashore. 19 crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMS Valse (T 151) and HMS Leicester City (FY 223), later transferred to the Norwegian steam merchant Selvik and landed at Methil. This was the last attack carried out by an U-boat in World War II. | ||
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