Gunny
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| Name | Gunny | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.362 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Eltringhams Ltd, Willington Quay-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Eilert Lund, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 27.09N, 66.33W - Grid DO 1218 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (24 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port of Spain - New York | ||
| Cargo | 3100 tons of manganese ore and mahogany | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.47 hours on 2 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Gunny (Master Otto Henrichsen) was torpedoed by U-126 about 400 miles south of the Bermudas and sank within one minute. The ship had been missed at 12.15 hours by a first torpedo. 13 survivors climbed on a raft, but had no food and water. The injured chief engineer died on the fourth day. On 9 March, the remaining survivors were picked up by the Swedish motor merchant Temnaren. | ||
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