Nina Borthen
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Nina Borthen | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.123 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Harry Borthen & Co A/S, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 54N, 26W - Grid AL 7172 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (35 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Southampton (27 Sep) - Milford Haven (30 Sep) - Table Bay - Abadan | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | On 21 Jul, 1940, the Nina Borthen in convoy CW-7 was bombed and damaged by German aircraft. The ship made it to Spithead and no casualties among the crew occured. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.04 hours on 6 Oct, 1940, the Nina Borthen (Master Bjarne Nielsen) was hit by one torpedo from U-103 and developed a list, but this was corrected by the crew. The ship was then hit by two coups de grāce at 22.14 and 22.38 hours and began to list to port, when she was hit by a fourth torpedo at 23.30 hours, broke in two and sank. 28 Norwegians and seven British crew members were lost. The tanker was reported missing after the convoy in which she left Britain was dispersed. Only an empty lifeboat drifted ashore near Dunmore, Ireland on 19 December. | ||
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