Osmed
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| Name | Osmed | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.526 tons | ||
| Completed | 1903 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Nordkap (Helge W. Winck), Helsingborg | ||
| Homeport | Helsingborg | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-14 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 1853 - See estimated map location (57.25N01.35W) * | ||
| Complement | 20 (13 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Blyth - Halmstad, Sweden | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Completed in June 1903 as Mineral for Oxelosunds Rederi-A/B (Tham), Oxelosund. 1923 renamed Osmed for Rederi-A/B Nordkap (Helge W. Winck), Helsingborg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.25 hours on 16 Feb, 1940, U-14 attacked two ships north of Kinnaird Head and torpedoed first the Osmed and ten minutes later the Liana. The Osmed sank after one G7a torpedo hit 20 miles north of Kinnaird Head, taking 13 crewmen with her. The survivors were picked up by the British tralwer Loch Hope. | ||
* 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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