Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Nils Gorthon

Swedish steam merchant



Photo courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the Swedish steam merchant Nils Gorthon.

Aboard Nils Gorthon when hit on 13 Aug 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
SwedishBruce, Johan Mauritz Leonard, Merchant Navy56Chief OfficerNils Gorthon +
SwedishJohansson, Sture Arvid, Merchant Navy47Second OfficerNils Gorthon +
SwedishJönsson, Gösta Torvald, Merchant Navy23CookNils Gorthon, Daphne +
SwedishKarlsson, K.H., Merchant NavyGreaserNils Gorthon +
SwedishKarlsson, Karl Enock, Merchant Navy28Able SeamanNils Gorthon +
SwedishKastman, Erik Albin Kristian, Merchant Navy48MasterNils Gorthon, Daphne +
SwedishOhlsson, Per Emil, Merchant Navy43Second Engineer OfficerNils Gorthon +
SwedishSvensson, Axel, Merchant Navy39Second Engineer OfficerNils Gorthon, Daphne +
SwedishThorén, Anders, Merchant Navy60Chief Engineer OfficerNils Gorthon, Daphne +
SwedishWadström, R., Merchant NavyChief StewardNils Gorthon

10 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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