Inger Toft
British Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Inger Toft | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,190 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Chine Shipping Co Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Mar 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-722 (Hans Reimers) | ||
| Position | 57° 25'N, 6° 52'W - Grid AM 3796 | ||
| Complement | 30 (0 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | RU-156 | ||
| Route | Reykjavik - Loch Ewe - London | ||
| Cargo | 885 tons of herring meal and cod liver oil in drums | ||
| History | Completed in April 1920 as Norwegian Langfond for Sigval Bergesen, Stavanger. 1922 sold to Britain and renamed Phyllis Seed for Seed Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1923 sold to Belgium and renamed Van Dyck for Comptoir Charbonnier Maritime, Antwerp. 1925 sold to Britain and renamed Elphinston for J. Cormack & Co, Leith. 1936 sold to Denmark and renamed Inger Toft for Jens Toft, Copenhagen. In May 1940 taken over by Britain at Methil and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on event | At 09.20 hours on 16 March 1945 the Inger Toft (Master N.M. Brinck) in convoy RU-156 was torpedoed and sunk by U-722 3 miles 270° from Neirst Point, Isle of Skye. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by HMS Grenadier (T 334) (A/SkrLt A.G. Day, RNR) and landed at Loch Ewe. | ||
| On board | We have details of 2 people who were on board. | ||
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