Norita
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| Name | Norita | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.516 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Larvik Slip & Verksted A/S, Larvik | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Höganäs (Carl Northon), Höganäs | ||
| Homeport | Höganäs | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jul, 1941 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 40.10N, 15.30W - Grid CG 1784 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 20 (2 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-69 | ||
| Route | East Hartlepool - Huelva | ||
| Cargo | 1500 tons of coke and general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in November 1924 as Norwegian Snefond for Sigval Bergesen. 1930 renamed Gorm for E. Evensen. 1934 renamed Harpefjell for Olsen & Ugelstad. 1935 sold to Sweden and renamed Norita for Rederi-A/B Höganäs (Carl Northon), Höganäs. | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 21.27 and 21.28 hours on 28 Jul, 1941, U-203 fired four G7e torpedoes on merchants and a destroyer in convoy OG-69 northwest of Cape Finisterre and had to dive after the attack. Mützelburg interpreted the heard detonations and sinking noises and reported three ships sunk and a destroyer probably damaged. In fact, only the Norita and Lapland were hit and sunk. | ||
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