Blink
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| Name | Blink | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.701 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - C. Hill & Sons, Bristol | ||
| Owner | K.Th. Einersen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 35.00N, 72.27W - Grid DC 2139 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (24 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Charleston (9 Feb) - Halifax - Ipswich | ||
| Cargo | Phosphate | ||
| History | Built as Arlette; 1933 renamed Blink | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.48 hours on 12 Feb, 1942, the Blink (Master Sigvart Ulvestad) was hit by three torpedoes from U-108. The first went straight through the hull without detonating, but the next two hit amidships in the engine room, destroyed the radio station, killed five men and sank the ship east of Cape Hatteras. Two men were seen to lower a raft, but were never seen again. The other 23 survivors launched the starboard lifeboat, which capsized at 10.45 hours in bad weather and one man drowned. On the next day 11 men were left, sitting in the boat with cold water up to their chests after the boat had capsized several times, one by one the others had died, including the master. On 14 February, the boat with only six survivors left was spotted by the American steam merchant Monroe (Master W.W. Clendaniel) in position 33.34N/71.41W. They were picked up and brought to a hospital in Baltimore. | ||
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