Hammaren
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| Name | Hammaren | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.220 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Transatlantic, Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-507 (Harro Schacht) | ||
| Position | 13S, 38.15W - Grid FJ 8724 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (6 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-36 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Bahia - Rio Grande | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.57 hours on 22 Aug, 1942, the Hammaren, dispersed from convoy OS-36, was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 about 40 miles off Bahia. The ship had been missed by three single torpedoes, fired at 09.09, 09.11 and 09.12 hours. The U-boat then fired eight rounds from her 10.5cm gun into the ship and missed the vessel again with a torpedo at 09.52 hours. Finally the fifth torpedo, fired five minutes later sank the ship. | ||
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