Ove Toft
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| Name | Ove Toft | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.135 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | Jens Toft, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost) | ||
| Position | 55.36N, 00.46W - Grid AN 5196 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 21 (6 dead and 15 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Immingham - Gothenburg | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Laid down as Aarstad, completed in June 1921 as Norwegian Dagfin for J.P. Pedersen & Son. 1930 renamed Putten for A/S Eidsvold (Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen), Oslo. 1935 renamed Hav for A/S Hav (Helmer Staubo & Co), Oslo. 1935 sold to Denmark and renamed Ove Toft for A/S D/S Jutlandia (Jens Toft), Copenhagen. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.20 hours on 3 Dec, 1939, the Ove Toft was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-31 and sank within four minutes about 100 miles east of the Tyne. The ship had been spotted at 12.55 hours, identified and was attacked because her course was suspicious. | ||
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