Ove Toft
Danish Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Ove Toft | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,135 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | Jens Toft, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Dec 1939 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost) | ||
| Position | 55° 36'N, 0° 46'W - Grid AN 5196 | ||
| Complement | 21 (6 dead and 15 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Immingham - Gothenburg | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Launched as Aarstad, completed in June 1921 as Norwegian Dagfin for John P. Pedersen & Son, Oslo. 1930 renamed Putten for A/S Eidsvold (Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen), Oslo. 1935 renamed Hav for A/S Hav (Helmer Staubo & Co), Oslo. 1935 sold to Denmark and renamed Ove Toft for A/S D/S Jutlandia (Jens Toft), Copenhagen. | ||
| Notes on event | At 13.20 hours on 3 Dec 1939 the unescorted and neutral Ove Toft was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-31 and sank within four minutes about 100 miles east of the Tyne. The ship had been spotted at 12.55 hours, identified and was attacked because her course was suspicious. | ||
| On board | We have details of 6 people who were on board. | ||
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