Samsø
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Samsø | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.494 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Helsingörs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingör | ||
| Owner | Stone & Rolfe Ltd, Llanelly | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 1 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 08.35N, 16.17W - Grid ET 2829 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 20 (1 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bathurst - Freetown- UK | ||
| Cargo | 1316 tons of groundnuts | ||
| History | In 1940, the Danish Samsø of Carl Martin Heimdal, Elsinore was taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.34 hours on 1 May, 1941, the unescorted Samsø (Master Hefarn Madsorn) was hit near the aft mast by one torpedo from U-103 southwest of Freetown and sank slowly in 50 minutes. One crew member was lost. The master and 18 crew members in three lifeboats landed at Los Island, French Guinea on 3 May, were taken to Conakry and thence to Freetown on 16 May. | ||
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