Lenda
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| Name | Lenda | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.005 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Leif Erichsen, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.12N, 13.18W - Grid BE 3282 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 28 (1 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Digby - The Downs - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 1921 standards of timber | ||
| History | Built as Lensfield, 1937 renamed Lenda | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.38 hours on 27 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Lenda (Master Caspar Bjørseth) was missed by U-47 with one torpedo. Then the U-boat began shelling the ship for the next 20 minutes until she caught fire. The crew then abandoned ship in the starboard lifeboat, because the port lifeboat had been damaged by the shelling. The boat stayed near the ship for a while in the hope to find the first mate who was missing. The ship was on fire aft and amidships and the sea entered through holes at the waterline on the port side, so the U-boat left her in this sinking condition. But at dawn, some of the crew reboarded the vessel and they found the first mate dead on the port side of the upper bridge. A workboat was lowered and eight of the men transferred to it, whereupon both boats left and headed for the south of Ireland, just before two explosions were heard, followed by a tall column of fire which appeared to come from the engine room. The Lenda remained afloat for a while on her cargo, but finally sank in 50°N/13°24W, about 160 miles southwest of Fastnet, Ireland. The survivors were picked up in the afternoon by the British destroyers HMS Hurricane and HMS Havelock and taken to Plymouth on 30 June, respectively 2 July. | ||
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