Sigyn
| Name | Sigyn | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,981 tons | ||
| Completed | 1897 - Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co, Campbeltown, Argyllshire | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Sigyn (H. Lundgren), Helsingborg | ||
| Homeport | Helsingborg | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-59 (Joachim Matz) | ||
| Position | 56.10N, 09.25W - Grid AM 5273 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 23 (0 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buctouche, New Brunswick - Sunderland | ||
| Cargo | 765 fathoms of pit props | ||
| History | Completed in November 1897 for Wicanders Rederi-A/B (H. Wicander), Stockholm. 1912 transferred to Rederi-A/B Svea, Stockholm. 1931 sold to Rederi-A/B Sigyn, Helsingborg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.45 hours on 1 Aug, 1940, the unescorted Sigyn was hit in aft part by one torpedo from U-59 and sank by the stern with a sharp list. The ship had been spotted at 01.57 hours and missed with two torpedoes at 02.17 and 03.43 hours. | ||
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