Davanger
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| Name | Davanger | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.102 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | A/S Westfal-Larsen & Co, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 57N, 19.10W - Grid AL 0381 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (17 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-77 | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.14 hours on 12 Oct, 1940, U-48 attacked the convoy HX-77 about 300 miles west of Broadhaven, Ireland and sank the Davanger (Master Elliot K. Karlsen). The master and 15 Norwegian crewmen died, as well as the British gunner. The 12 survivors set sail in their lifeboat and arrived in Broadhaven on 18 October. | ||
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