Sama
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| Name | Sama | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.799 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - A/B Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Christian Gundersen & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
| Position | 49.20N, 38.15W - Grid BD 1455 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (19 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-67 | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Belfast Lough - St. John, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | 1000 tons of china clay | ||
| History | On 28 Mar, 1941, the unescorted Sama en route from Liverpool to St. Johns came across the badly damaged British troopship Staffordshire (10683 tons), which had been bombed that day by German Fw200 aircraft of I./KG 40 in 59°30N/10°18W. She took 234 survivors and four bodies on board and arrived at Stornoway the next day, while the troopship was saved and returned to service. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.03 hours, U-155 fired three torpedoes at the convoy ONS-67 south of Cape Farewell and heard three detonations. Piening observed no effects after one detonation, but saw explosions on two other ships. He claimed two ships with 15.000 tons sunk and another with 7000 tons damaged, but in fact only the Adellen and Sama were hit and sunk. The Sama (Master Ingolf Just) was hit in the stern and sank in a few minutes, taking 15 men with her. 24 survivors clung to rafts and debris because they were not able to launch a lifeboat. Three men drifted off on a small raft and were never seen again. After two hours, the survivors were picked up by USS Nicholson (DD 442), but during the rescue operation one man was crushed to death between a raft and the side of the destroyer. | ||
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