Norne
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| Name | Norne | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.971 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Halfdan Kuhnle, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-32 (Hans Jenisch) | ||
| Position | 58.48N, 06.49W - Grid AM 3538 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 28 (17 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-66A | ||
| Route | Wilmington - Grangemouth | ||
| Cargo | scrap iron | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 02.20 and 02.48 hours on 30 Aug, 1940, U-32 attacked the convoy HX-66A 58 miles west-northwest of Cape Wrath and sank the Mill Hill, Chelsea and Norne and missed a fourth ship. The Norne (Master Leif Hauge) was hit by one torpedo on the port side amidships, just forward of the engine room and sank within a minute following a boiler explosion. The crew tried to launch the starboard lifeboat, but it was crushed as the ship sank rapidly, pulling down the men on deck. The master and 16 crew members were lost. Eleven survivors were picked up from debris and a raft by the HMS Hibiscus (K 24). | ||
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