Nortun
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| Name | Nortun | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,663 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredrikstad | ||
| Owner | Viking Corp (Johan Rasmussen & Co), Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-516 (Gerhard Wiebe) | ||
| Position | 27.35S, 14.22E - Grid GJ 7395 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (10 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Busreh - Table Bay - Bahia - Trinidad - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | 5002 tons of chrome ore, 637 tons of asbestos, 124 tons of lead and copper concentrates | ||
| History | Completed in January 1940 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.58 hours on 20 Mar, 1943, the Nortun (Master Peder Torstein Inderberg) was torpedoed and sunk by U-516. The master, seven crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
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