Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	Norwegian
Built	1911	GRT	4,079

Date of attack	15 Jan 1941	Time	2148 2048 (e)
Fate	Sunk by submarine Luigi Torelli (C.F. Primo Longobardo)
Position of attack	54° 00'N, 23° 58'W
Complement	33 (13 dead and 20 survivors)
Convoy	OB 272
Notes	Having disposed of the Greek steamer *Nemea, at 2148 hours, Torelli* fired two torpedoes (1 x 533mm, S.I. type, 1 x 450mm, W 200 type) from bow tubes, aimed at the second ship in the convoy. Both were claimed to have hit, but survivors confirm only one. She sank. This was the Norwegian *Brask* (4,079 GRT, built 1911) proceeding from Ardrossan to Table Bay and also dispersed from convoy O.B. 272. The Master and twelve were missing. Survivors later boarded the abandoned *Nemea*. Twenty were rescued and landed at Londonderry.