Ville de Hasselt
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| Name | Ville de Hasselt | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 7,461 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Société Maritime Anversoise, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-46 (Engelbert Endrass) | ||
| Position | 56.30N, 13W - Grid AM 0211 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 63 (0 dead and 63 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
| Cargo | 800-900 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Laid down as Sitkum, completed in October 1920 as Marne for US Shipping Board (USSB), Philadelphia. 1924 renamed American Trader for US Lines Co, New York. In February 1940 sold to Belgium and renamed Ville de Hasselt. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.01 hours on 31 Aug, 1940, the unescorted Ville de Hasselt (Master G. Foy) was hit aft by a stern torpedo from U-46 and sank by the stern about 100 miles northwest of Barra Head. The master, 52 crew members and ten passengers were rescued, two of them wounded. 40 survivors were picked up by the Icelandic steam trawlers Egill Skallagrímsson and Hilmir that were en route with fresh fish to Fleetwood and landed them there. The remaining survivors were rescued by the Belgian steam trawler Transport. | ||
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