Fernhill
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Fernhill | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.116 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Kockums Mekaniska Verksteds A/B, Malmö | ||
| Owner | Fearnley & Eger, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Aug, 1943 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-757 (Friedrich Deetz) | ||
| Position | 06.58N, 19.15W - Grid ET 4418 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (4 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-52 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Montevideo - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | 6924 tons of general cargo, inlcuding 10 tons of ammunition | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 7 Aug, 1943, the Fernhill (Master K.J. Neuberth Wie) was hit by one torpedo from U-757 about 300 miles west of Sierra Leone, while she was proceeding alone after her convoy OS-52 had been dispersed off Bathurst, Gambia. The ship sank within five minutes, killing the three men on watch below and one British gunner. The survivors abandoned ship in lifeboats and rafts and were picked up two days later by an American merchant and taken to Freetown. The third engineer Nils Bremer Johannesen was taken prisoner by the U-boat, this was not noticed by the other survivors. | ||
If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.