Vespasian
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| Name | Vespasian | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.570 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Porsgrund Mek Verksted, Porsgrunn | ||
| Owner | Hilmar Reksten, Bergen | ||
| Homeport | Bergen | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Jan, 1941 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Karl-Heinz Moehle) | ||
| Position | 55N, 15W - Grid AL 5244 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 18 (18 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tyne (9 Jan) - Oban (21 Jan) - Mackenzie, British Guiana | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Betta for Dagfinn Henriksen and Haakon Kierulf, Oslo. 1939 sold to Hilmar Reksten, Bergen and renamed Vespasian. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.48 hours on 24 Jan, 1941, U-123 fired one torpedo at a single steamer and observed the ship sinking by the bow after being hit aft. The victim was probably Vespasian (Master Peder Johnsen), which was reported missing after loosing touch with her convoy in bad weather on 23 January. | ||
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