Snestad
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Snestad | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,114 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Kockums Mekaniska Verksteds A/B, Malmö | ||
| Owner | A.F. Klaveness & Co A/S, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Feb 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-53 ( Harald Grosse) | ||
| Position | 58.40N, 13.40W - Grid AM 1490 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (2 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bergen - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.00 hours on 11 Feb, 1940, the neutral Snestad was torpedoed and sunk by U-53 about 100 miles west of the Hebrides. The survivors were picked up after 22 hours by Albert L. Ellsworth and landed at Bergen. | ||
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