Ingerto
Norwegian Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of H. Larsson-Feddes Collection
| Name | Ingerto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,089 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Union Shipbuilding Co, Baltimore MD | ||
| Owner | Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-578 (Ernst-August Rehwinkel) | ||
| Position | 41° 33'N, 51° 02'W - Grid CC 2644 | ||
| Complement | 32 (32 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-70 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Clyde (26 Feb) - Mobile | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in July 1920 as John R. Gibbons for American Bauxite Co, Bauxite AR. 1924 sold to Norway and renamed Ingerto for Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen. In 1940 she came under German control, but was captured by British forces at Spitsbergen on 9 August 1941 and was sent to Reykjavik. The vessel returned to the Norwegian owner in Allied service. | ||
| Notes on event | At 15.36 hours on 12 March 1942, U-578 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the unescorted Ingerto (Master Olaf Thorvald Ellingsen) and one of them struck after 1 minute 11 seconds, causing her to sink quickly about 370 miles south-southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland. The ship had been reported missing after straggling from convoy ON-70 in 44°30N/49°30W on 11 March, was last seen the next day and never heard from again. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 32 people who were on board. | ||
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