Innerøy
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| Name | Innerøy | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.260 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Erling H. Samuelsen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-553 (Karl Thurmann) | ||
| Position | 41.16N, 60.32W - Grid CB 3141 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (36 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aruba - Halifax - UK | ||
| Cargo | 11.000 tons of petrol | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.43 hours on 22 Jan, 1942, the unescorted Innerøy (Master Einar Winsnes) was torpedoed by U-553, caught fire and sank. The master, 30 Norwegians, two British, two Portuguese and one Canadian crew members were lost. Five survivors were picked up from a lifeboat 15 hours after the attack by the Empire Amethyst, which had come across two empty lifeboats from the tanker before locating the survivors and were landed at Halifax. | ||
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