Norland
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| Name | Norland | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.134 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Nortraship | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 20 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 31.22N, 55.47W - Grid DE 4177 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (0 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-93 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Clyde - Corpus Christi | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched on 11 Sep, 1941 as British Empire Pict, completed in November for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). On 6 May, 1942 transferred to Norway at Greenock and renamed Norland | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.39 hours on 20 May, 1942, the Norland (Master Eugen Christoffersen), dispersed from convoy ON-93, was hit near the bridge by one stern torpedo from U-108. She stopped and began shelling the periscope. The U-boat had to surface to attack the ship with the deck gun because no torpedoes were left. At 19.57 hours, Scholtz opened fire with the deck gun from a distance of 8000 metres, the tanker fired back, but the shots did not reach the U-boat and after the first hits, the tanker ceased fire at 20.30 hours. The last shells from the deck gun were fired from the distance of 1000 metres, in all 14 hits had been observed. After the crew abandoned ship in three lifeboats, the U-boat opened fire with the AA guns at 23.00 hours until the ammunition for the 37mm was also spent 30 minutes later. The tanker settled slowly and sank by the stern at 01.58 hours. All 48 survivors were rescued, but 14 survivors in one of the lifeboat had been picked up on 25 May near Bermuda by Polyphemus, which was torpedoed and sunk by U-578 (Rehwinkel) two days later, all men from the Norland survived the second sinking. | ||
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