Foxen
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| Name | Foxen | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,304 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Stavanger Støberi & Dokk, Stavanger | ||
| Owner | O.F. Ahlmark & Co Eftr-A/B (Martin Carl), Karlstad | ||
| Homeport | Karlstad | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Jan 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-55 (Werner Heidel) | ||
| Position | 58.52N, 00.22W - Grid AM 41 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 19 (17 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Garston - Gothenburg | ||
| Cargo | Pit coal | ||
| History | Completed in February 1920 as Norwegian Patria for Jespersen & Madsen. 1925 sold to Denmark and renamed Askø for D/S Heimdal (Martin Carl), Copenhagen. 1940 transferred to O.F. Ahlmark & Co Eftr-A/B (Martin Carl), Karlstad and renamed Foxen. | ||
| Notes on loss | At about 17.45 hours on 18 Jan, 1940, the Foxen (Master Ingemund Ling-Vannérus, lost) was sunk by a explosion about 85 miles from Pentland Sound. The ship broke in two and sank within 90 seconds. On 24 January, one survivor was picked up by the Norwegian steam merchant Leka, another survivor was rescued earlier by another Norwegian ship, which took him to Bergen. There is no corresponding U-boat report since U-55 did not return from her patrol, but it is likely that the Foxen was sunk by her. | ||
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