Lincoln Ellsworth
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| Name | Lincoln Ellsworth | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.580 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | T. Dannevig & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Apr, 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch) | ||
| Position | 62.37N, 27.06W - Grid AD 8359 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (0 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Reykjavik - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.30 hours on 6 Apr, 1941, the unescorted Lincoln Ellsworth was torpedoed by U-94 about 150 miles west of Iceland and sunk at 16.01 hours by a coup de grâce and gunfire. 13 survivors in one lifeboat were picked up after two days by an escort vessel, while 16 others in a second boat were rescued on 8 April by several small Icelandic fishing boats out of Hellissandur. | ||
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