Ships hit by U-boats


Fram

Swedish Steam merchant



Photo courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm

NameFram
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage2,491 tons
Completed1897 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough 
OwnerÅngfartygs-A/B Kjell (H. Jeansson), Stockholm 
HomeportStockholm 
Date of attack1 Feb 1940Nationality:      Swedish
 
FateSunk by U-13 (Max-Martin Schulte)
Position57° 43'N, 2° 06'W - Grid AN 1858
Complement23 (9 dead and 14 survivors).
Convoy
RouteStockholm - Hartlepool 
CargoBallast 
History Completed in June 1897 as Danish Russ for A/S Dansk Russiske D/S, Copenhagen. 1922 sold to Sweden and renamed Fram for Ångfartygs-A/B Kjell (H. Jeansson), Stockholm. 
Notes on event

At 01.43 hours on 1 Feb 1940 the Fram, lying at anchor, was hit by one G7e torpedo from U-13 and sank off Rosehearty Buoy in Aberdour Bay, Scotland. The survivors were picked up by HMS Khartoum (F 45) (Cdr D.T. Dowler, RN) and the British armed trawler HMS Viking Deeps.

 
On boardWe have details of 9 people who were on board


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