Segovia
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| Name | Segovia | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.387 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Fred Olsen & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-55 (Werner Heidel) | ||
| Position | Grid AM 53 - See estimated map location (55.27N08.01W) * | ||
| Complement | 23 (23 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lisbon (7 Jan) - Oporto (17 Jan) - Bergen - Oslo | ||
| Cargo | 750 tons of general cargo, including 140 tons of oil, 45 tons of cork, wine and almonds | ||
| History | Completed in April 1922 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 20 Jan, 1940, the neutral Segovia (Master Carsten E. Christensen) passed Lands End and was reported missing thereafter, presumed lost the next day off the west coast of Scotland. The master, 21 crew members and one passenger were lost. It is believed that she was sunk by U-55, which did not return from her patrol. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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