Samnanger
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| Name | Samnanger | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.276 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Quebec | ||
| Owner | A/S Westfal-Larsen & Co, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Dec, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-99 (Otto Kretschmer) | ||
| Position | 54N, 18W - Grid AL 6885 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (30 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Hartlepool - Pepel | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Requisitioned upon completion in August 1918 by the Shipping Controller, managed by Furness Withy & Co. 1920 returned to the Norwegian owner. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.50 hours on 2 Dec, 1940, the unescorted Samnanger (Master Andreas Hansen) was hit by one torpedo from U-99 and caught fire after being hit in the starboard side by about 30 rounds of 27 high explosive and 25 incendiary shells fired from the deck gun. The ship capsized and sank after several hours. 25 Norwegian, two British, two Spanish and one Swedish crew members were lost. She had been reported missing after straggling from a convoy on 29 November and was wrongly reported lost on 21 December in 08°26N/16°50W, but the U-boat had identified her victim as Samnanger. | ||
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