Corneville
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Corneville | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.544 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | A.F. Klaveness & Co A/S, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 9 May, 1943 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-515 (Werner Henke) | ||
| Position | 04.50N, 01.10W - Grid EV 7356 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (0 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta - Table Bay - Takoradi - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of general cargo, 2750 tons of pig iron and 800 tons of tea | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 9 May 1943, the unescorted Corneville (Master Leif Kongstein) was sunk by U-515 with two torpedoes. All 41 crew members survived and landed at Anamabu 60 miles east of Takoradi the next day. | ||
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