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Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Brandanger


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NameBrandanger
Type:Motor merchant
Tonnage4.624 tons
Completed1926 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen 
OwnerA/S Westfal-Larsen & Co, Bergen 
HomeportBergen 
Date of attack11 Oct, 1940Nationality:      Norwegian
 
FateSunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt)
Position57.10N, 17.42W - Grid AL 0378
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Complement30 (6 dead and 24 survivors).
ConvoyHX-77 
RoutePortland, Oregon - San Pedro - Liverpool 
Cargo8000 tons of general cargo, including lumber and metals 
History  
Notes on loss At 21.50 hours on 11 Oct, 1940, the Brandanger (Master Elling J. Andresen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 in convoy HX-77. Bleichrodt misidentified his victim as the Norwegian steam merchant Emma Bakke (4706 tons). 16 survivors were picked up the next morning by the HMS Clarkia (K 88) and eight others were picked up by the British steam merchant Clan Macdonald on 16 October. 


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