Faro
Faro drifted ashore after being torpedoed
| Name | Faro | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 844 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Unterweser Schiffbau Ges AG, Wesermünde | ||
| Owner | E.B. Aaby, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-20 (Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt) | ||
| Position | 58.55N, 02.46W - Grid AN 1652 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 15 (8 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sarpsborg, Norway - Methil | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.03 hours on 27 Jan, 1940, the neutral Faro (Master John Birger Christensen) was damaged by one torpedo from U-20 about 15 miles southeast of Copinsay, Orkneys. The torpedo detonated about 20 metres from the ship and caused a leak. She was taken in tow, later abandoned and was wrecked when drifting ashore in the Taracliff Bay near Copinsay the next day. | ||
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