Rudolf
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| Name | Rudolf | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.119 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Bifrost (J.R. Trapp), Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-56 (Wilhelm Zahn) | ||
| Position | 56.15N, 01.25W - Grid AN 5134 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 23 (9 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | West Hartlepool (2 Dec) - Malmö | ||
| Cargo | 2760 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in September 1922 as British Shildon for J. Ridley Son & Tully. 1936 sold to Sweden and renamed Rudolf for Rederi-A/B Bifrost (J.R. Trapp), Gothenburg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.13 hours on 3 Dec, 1939, the Rudolf (Master Bertil Persson) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-56 after the ship had been spotted at 23.30 hours without visible nationality markings. Nine crew members were killed in the crew quarters because the whole aft part was blown away. The survivors abandoned ship in two lifeboats and stayed near the ship until she sank about one hour after the hit. Six survivors in one boat were picked up the same day by the British trawler Cardew and landed at Dundee. The eight men in the other boat were rescued on 4 December by the Swedish steam merchant Gunlög and landed in Newcastle. | ||
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