Start
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Start | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.168 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Skiens Mekaniske Verksted, Skien | ||
| Owner | Erling Mortensen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-13 (Max-Martin Schulte) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 1864 - See estimated map location (57.25N01.35W) * | ||
| Complement | 16 (16 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sunderland (29 Jan) - Oslo | ||
| Cargo | 1478 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.43 hours on 31 Jan, 1940, the Start (Master Jacob Bartmann Jacobsen) was hit by one torpedo from U-13 and immediately sank. On 29 January, she had departed Sunderland and was never heard from again. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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