Svein Jarl
The photo shows Einar Jarl, a sistership of Svein Jarl. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Svein Jarl | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.908 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Trondhjems Mekaniske Verksted, Trondheim | ||
| Owner | Det Nordenfjeldske A/S, Trondheim | ||
| Homeport | Trondheim | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-95 (Gerd Schreiber) | ||
| Position | 59.30N, 21W - Grid AL 2362 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 22 (22 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OB-288 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Methil (12 Feb) - Oban (19 Feb) - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | On 18 Aug, 1940, the Svein Jarl was bombed and damaged by a German aircraft west of Bloody Foreland and later repaired at Londonderry. Two men were injured in the attack and transferred to a British destroyer the next day for medical treatment. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.27 hours on 24 Feb, 1941, U-95 fired one torpedo at a ship from the dispersed convoy OB-288 and missed the intended target, but Schreiber thought that he hit another ship beyond. This is not confirmed from Allied reports. At 00.28 hours, the U-boat fired a second torpedo and observed a hit in the stern of a ship and its sinking. The victim was probably Svein Jarl (Master Martin Marsteen), which was reported missing after the convoy had been dispersed. The master and the crew of 19 Norwegians, one Swede and one Briton were lost. | ||
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