Hekla
Icelandic Steam merchant
| Name | Hekla | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,215 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredrikstad | ||
| Owner | Kveldúlfur, Reykjavik | ||
| Homeport | Reykjavik | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  Icelandic | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren) | ||
| Position | 58° 20'N, 43° 00'W - Grid AD 9891 | ||
| Complement | 20 (14 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Reykjavik - Halifax - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in December 1907 as Norwegian Clothilde Cuneo for J. Bull, Tønsberg. 1920 renamed Kong Inge for Det Søndenfjelds Norske D/S, Oslo. 1932 sold to Iceland and renamed Hekla for H/f Eimskipafjelag Reykjavikur (Faaberg & Jakobsson), Reykjavik.
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| Notes on event | At 19.58 hours on 29 Jun 1941 the unescorted Hekla was torpedoed by U-564 and sank within two minutes. Seven men survived the sinking and spent 10 days on a life raft before they were picked up by HMS Candytuft (K 09) (LtCdr F.B. Collinson, RD, RNR) escorting convoy OB-341, but one man died the next night onboard the corvette. The surviving 6 men were taken to St. Johns, Newfoundland. One of the men spent over 6 months in a hospital before going back to Iceland. | ||
| On board | We have details of 20 people who were on board. | ||
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