Michael Jebsen
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| Name | Michael Jebsen | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.323 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel | ||
| Owner | David Alexander & Sons, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-598 (Gottfried Holtorf) | ||
| Position | 21.45N, 76.10W - Grid DN 4782 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (7 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TAW-12J | ||
| Route | Barbados - Trinidad (8 Aug) - UK | ||
| Cargo | 2750 tons of sugar | ||
| History | Built as Danish Michael Jebsen for Rhederi M. Jebsen A/S, Aabenraa. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.54 and 11.55 hours on 14 Aug, 1942, U-598 fired two spreads of two torpedoes at the convoy TAW-12J northwest of Barlovento Point, Cuba and reported misses. At 11.57 hours, the stern torpedo was fired and a detonation was heard. No other U-boat attacked at this time, so the first spread must have hit the Michael Jebsen, which sank immediately. One torpedo of the second spread damaged the Standella, after missing the ship of the convoy commodore, the Empire Corporal, which was then sunk by the stern torpedo. The master, 35 crew members and four gunners from the Michael Jebsen (Master R. Nielsen) were picked up by a American patrol boat and landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
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