Polyana
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| Name | Polyana | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.267 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Collingwood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Collingwood, Toronto | ||
| Owner | Bucha Godager & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Apr, 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 12.45N, 28.21W - Grid EH 9356 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (25 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OG-58 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Sunderland (22 Mar) - Oban (7 Apr) - Freetown | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Completed in August 1919 as Canadian Signaller for Marmne Merchant Ltd, Montreal. 1925 renamed Emperor of Halifax. In August 1929 sold to Norway and renamed Skjoldheim for Nils Røgenæs, Haugesund. In November 1929 sold to E. Gerrard & H.I. Ramsland, Kristiansand. In February 1940 sold to Bucha Godager & Co, Oslo and renamed Polyana. On 25 Jan, 1941, the Polyana was damaged during an air attack in Great Yarmouth. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.38 hours on 25 Apr, 1941, the Polyana (Master Karl Jacobsen) was hit near the bridge by one torpedo from U-103, capsized fast and sank within one minute. The ship was last seen when detached from the convoy OG-58 in 44°41N/22°43W and was reported missing when she did not arrive in Freetown on 30 April. The U-boat had missed the freighter with a first torpedo at 23.57 hours on 24 April. All crew members, 19 Norwegians, two British, one Danish, one Tunisian, one Spanish and one Maltese were lost. | ||
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