Føina
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| Name | Føina | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.674 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Helsingörs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingör | ||
| Owner | Knut Knutsen O.A.S., Haugesund | ||
| Homeport | Haugesund | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-20 (Karl-Heinz Moehle) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 4444 | ||
| Complement | 18 (18 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sarpsborg, Norway (7 Dec) - Grangemouth | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed December 1915 1926-28 used as transport for the whaling station at Praia Amelia, Angola. | ||
| Notes on loss | The Føina (Master Joh.C. Larsen) was reported missing after leaving Sarpsborg on 7 Dec, 1939. On 12 December, two bodies in a half-filled lifeboat from this ship were found about 160 miles west-northwest of Rattray Head. The ship was probably the victim of U-20, which reported the sinking of a steamer north of Scotland at 06.55 hours on 10 December. | ||
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