Svend Foyn
| Name | Svend Foyn | ||
| Type: | Whale factory ship | ||
| Tonnage | 14,795 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | St. Helier Shipowners Ltd (Fadum & Wang), St. Helier, Jersey | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Oct 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-502 (Jürgen von Rosenstiel) | ||
| Position | 60.37N, 21.44W - Grid AL 2211 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 328 (30 dead and 298 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-152 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York (23 Sep) - Halifax (28 Sep) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | Oil fuel and aircraft and tanks as deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in August 1931 for
Hvalfanger A/S Sydhavet (Johan Rasmussen & Co), Sandefjord. 1932 sold to St. Helier Shipowners Ltd (Hans Borge), London. On 19 Mar, 1943, the Svend Foyn collided with an iceberg 70 miles south of Cape Farewell in 58°05N/44°15W and foundered two days later with the loss of 195 lives. 152 men were rescued. The ship was sailing as vessel of the vice commodore in convoy HX-229A from New York to Liverpool with a cargo of fuel oil. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.17 hours on 7 Oct, 1941, the Svend Foyn, a straggler from convoy HX-152, was torpedoed on the starboard side by U-502 but managed to escape and reached Reykjavik in tow on 11 October, assisted by HMS Sunflower (K 41) (LtCdr J.T. Jones, RNR). On 6 Dec, 1941, she was towed for seven days to Liverpool for permanent repairs at Birkenhead, returning to service in May 1942. | ||
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