Hellen
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| Name | Hellen | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.289 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co Ltd, Kowloon, Hong Kong | ||
| Owner | Bruusgaard, Kiøsterud & Co, Drammen | ||
| Homeport | Drammen | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Dec, 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-573 (Heinrich Heinsohn) | ||
| Position | 35.41N, 05.10W - Grid CG 9913 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (0 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gibraltar (21 Dec) - Melilla | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.57 hours on 21 Dec, 1941, the Hellen (Master Brinck Olsen), escorted by the British armed trawler HMS Maida, was hit by two of three torpedoes fired by U-573 about 4 miles off Cape Negro. The bow broke away and the ship sank shortly after midnight. All crew members were picked up by the armed trawler and landed in Gibraltar on 22 December. | ||
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