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Slemdal
Slemdal
Name Slemdal
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage 7,374 tons
Completed 1931 - Odense Staalskibsv?rft ved A.P. M?ller, Odense
Owner Moltzau & Christensen, Oslo
Homeport Oslo
Date of attack 15 Jun 1942 Nationality: Norwegian

Fate Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp)

Position 43? 18'N, 17? 38'W - Grid BE 8839
Complement 37 (0 dead and 37 survivors).
Convoy HG-84

Route Cura?ao - Lisbon (11 Jun) - Clyde

Cargo 6000 tons of fuel oil

History Completed in August 1931. Since 1940 in Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA).

Notes on event

At 00.58 and 00.59 hours on 15 June 1942, U-552 attacked the convoy HG-84 about 400 miles west-northwest of Corunna and sank three ships, Etrib, Pelayo and Slemdal.
The Slemdal (Master Joh. M. Pedersen) was torpedoed in the foreship on the starboard side and sank about 90 minutes later. 20 survivors were picked up by HMS Marigold (K 87) (Lt J.A.S. Halcrow, RNR) and 17 survivors by the British rescue ship Copeland (Master J. McKellar, OBE) and landed at Gourock on 20 June.

Username Registrato surveychile
Armatore Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
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Numero IMO
Classificazione Tank Ship
Cantiere e anno di costruzione 1931 Odense Staalskibsv?rft ved A.P. M?ller
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