Ingerto
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| Name | Ingerto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.089 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Union Shipbuilding Co, Baltimore MD | ||
| Owner | Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-578 (Ernst-August Rehwinkel) | ||
| Position | 44.30N, 49.30W - Grid CC 2644 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (32 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Clyde - Mobile | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as John R. Gibbons, 1924 renamed Ingerto 1940 the ship came under German control, but was captured by British forces at Spitsbergen in on 9 Aug, 1941 and was sent to Reykavik. The vessel returned to the Norwegian owner in Allied service. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.36 hours on 12 Mar, 1942, U-578 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the unescorted Ingerto (Master Olaf Ellingsen) and one of them struck after 1 minute 11 seconds, causing her to sink quickly. The ship had been reported missing, after she was last seen on 12 March in approx. 44°30N/49°30W and was never heard from again. | ||
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