Hedrun
| Name | Hedrun | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.325 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Öresundsvarvet A/B, Landskrona | ||
| Owner | Stockholms Rederi-A/B Svea, Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Hans Rudolf Rösing) | ||
| Position | 57.10N, 16.37W - Grid AL 3888 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (8 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-197 | ||
| Route | Swansea - Newport, Rhode Island | ||
| Cargo | 3009 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in September 1920 as Hjalmar Blomberg and 1921 renamed Hedrun. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.03 hours on 16 Aug, 1940, the Hedrun in convoy OB-197 was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-48 and sank fast about 70 miles west of Rockall. Eight crew members (two of them Norwegians, the chief mate and second engineer) of 28 crew members and one passenger on board were lost. | ||
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