Fagersten
Norwegian Steam merchant
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| Name | Fagersten | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,342 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Eltringhams Ltd, Willington Quay-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Rob Nilson & Arild Nyquist, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-221 (Hans-Hartwig Trojer) | ||
| Position | 53.05N, 44.06W - Grid AJ 9145 | ||
| Complement | 29 (19 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-104 | ||
| Route | Providence - New York - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 944 standards of lumber and 651 tons of steel | ||
| History | Built as Frithjof I, 1927 renamed Fagersten | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.56 hours on 13 Oct, 1942, the Fagersten (Master Sverre Langfeldt) in convoy SC-104 was hit aft of the funnel by one torpedo from U-221 and sank in 10 minutes in cold and rough seas about 500 miles east of Belle Isle Strait. The master, 17 Norwegian crewmen and one British crewman were lost. Eight Norwegians and two British men in one lifeboat were picked up by the HMS Potentilla (K 214). | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 29 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Fagersten.
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