Nidarnes
Norwegian Steam merchant
Nidarnes under her former name Santa Isabel
| Name | Nidarnes | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,647 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Toledo Shipbuilding Co, Toledo OH | ||
| Owner | A/S Krogstads Shipping Agencies Ltd, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Jun 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-158 (Erwin Rostin) | ||
| Position | 21° 17'N, 85° 07'W - Grid DL 9331 | ||
| Complement | 24 (13 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New Orleans (29 May) - Cristobal | ||
| Cargo | US military stores | ||
| History | Laid down as Lake Finkton for US Shipping Board (USSB), completed in August 1920 as Santa Isabel for American & Cuban SS Line Inc, New York. 1934 sold to Santa SS Corp (Seas Shipping Co Inc), New York. 1940 sold to Norway and renamed Nidarnes. | ||
| Notes on event | About 04.00 hours on 4 June 1942 the unescorted Nidarnes (Master Torstein Indreberg) was torpedoed by U-159 in the Yucatan Strait and sank within one minute. The survivors had to jump overboard and only eleven managed to reach a raft the next morning and were picked up the same day by the American steam merchant Curaca, which landed them at Cristobal on 9 June. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 24 people who were on board. | ||
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