Nils Gorthon
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Nils Gorthon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,787 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel | ||
| Owner | Joh. Gorthon, Helsingborg | ||
| Homeport | Helsingborg | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-60 (Adalbert Schnee) | ||
| Position | 55.45N, 07.05W - Grid AM 5373 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 21 (5 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-62 (straggler) | ||
| Route | St. Johns - Sydney - Ridham Dock | ||
| Cargo | 743 fathoms of wood pulp | ||
| History | Completed in October 1921 as Hertha for C. Wohlenberg, Hamburg. 1924 renamed Eifel for Übersee Reederei AG, Geestemünde. 1926 sold to Sweden and renamed Nils Gorthon for Rederi-A/B Gylfe (Joh. Gorthon), Helsingborg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.47 hours on 13 Aug, 1940, the Nils Gorthon, a straggler from convoy HX-62, was hit aft by one G7e torpedo from U-60 and sank within two minutes 25 miles north-northeast of Malin Head. Eight of the survivors were picked up by the Icelandic trawler Helgafell and landed at Reykjavik on 19 August. | ||
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