Eidanger
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| Name | Eidanger | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.432 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | A/S Westfal-Larsen & Co, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-558 (Günther Krech) | ||
| Position | 44.11N, 43.25W - Grid BC 8698 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (0 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-67 | ||
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| History | On 5 Sep, 1939, the Eidanger (Master Johannes Presthus) picked up all 32 survivors from the Bosnia, which was sunk by U-47 (Prien) the same day. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.51 hours on 24 Feb, 1942, U-558 attacked the convoy ONS-67, heard two explosions and saw one cloud of smoke rising near the bow of the Eidanger (Master Johan Kjærstad), which had been hit by one torpedo on the starboard side, causing extensive damage to the bridge and forward. The tanker stopped, shifted the ballast to the aft tanks to press the propeller under water and with the bow partially awash tried to reach the convoy, which had geared 80 degrees to starboard to shake off the U-boats. At 09.50 hours, U-558 attacked again in grid BC 8932 (43.51N,43.15W) and fired three torpedoes in one minute intervals. Krech observed three hits and that two ships stopped, a third continued on. The first and third torpedo struck the Anadara, which was later finished off by U-587 (Borcherdt). The second torpedo may have been aimed at the Empire Celt, which continued on her way after she had been hit by U-158 (Rostin) at 08.55 hours (she foundered later), but the torpedo struck the damaged Eidanger on the starboard side right in front of the mast. She was later sighted by the U-boat with engines stopped and fore section now submerged. All 39 crew members abandoned the Eidanger and were picked up by the British rescue ship Toward, which had observed the attack. At 15.40 hours, U-558 found a drifting tanker in grid BC 8689 (43.51N/43.35W), which was identified as Eidanger and sank her with a coup de grâce. | ||
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