Føina
Norwegian Steam merchant
Name | Føina | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 1,674 tons | ||
Completed | 1915 - Helsingørs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Elsinore | ||
Owner | Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund | ||
Homeport | Haugesund | ||
Date of attack | 10 Dec 1939 | Nationality: Norwegian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-20 (Karl-Heinz Moehle) | ||
Position | 57° 45'N, 1° 06'W - Grid AN 4444 | ||
Complement | 18 (18 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Sarpsborg, Norway (7 Dec) - Grangemouth | ||
Cargo | Ballast | ||
History | Completed in September 1915 for Kampmann, Møller & Herskind, Århus. 1921 registered for D/S A/S Føina (Knut Knutsen O.A.S.), Haugesund. 1926-28 used as transport for the whaling station at Praia Amelia, Angola. | ||
Notes on event | At 06.55 hours on 10 December 1939 U-20 fired one G7e torpedo at a steamer without visible nationality markings, which was hit in the forward hold, broke in two and sank within 3 minutes about 25 miles east-northeast of Rattray Head. This was probably the Føina (Master Ole Johan Daniel Larssen), reported missing in the North Sea after leaving Sarpsborg on 7 December 1939. Two bodies in a half-filled lifeboat from this ship were found on 12 December. | ||
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On board | We have details of 18 people who were on board. |
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