Brandanger
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Brandanger | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.624 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | A/S Westfal-Larsen & Co, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 57.10N, 17.42W - Grid AL 0378 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (6 dead and 24 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-77 | ||
| Route | Portland, Oregon - San Pedro - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 8000 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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