Telnes
Norwegian Steam merchant
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| Name | Telnes | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,694 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - A/S Rosenberg Mekaniske Verksted, Stavanger | ||
| Owner | K.R. Jebsen Jr., Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jan 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-55 (Werner Heidel) | ||
| Position | 60° 00'N, 4° 00'W - Grid AN 13 | ||
| Complement | 18 (18 dead - no survivors) | ||
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| Route | New York (9 Jan) - Rotterdam - Antwerp | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in October 1936 | ||
| Notes on event | On 19 January 1940 the neutral Telnes (Master Ingvald Berg Thomassen) was presumably torpedoed and sunk by U-55 northwest of the Orkneys. More details about the incident are not available because the ship was lost with all hands and the U-boat was also sunk a few days later. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 18 people who were on board. | ||
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