D/S Silja

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Received from Lillesand Sjømannsforening, Norway (external link).

Manager: K. Sandaas, Kragerø
Tonnage: 1259 gt.

Final fate - 1940 (Norway still neutral):

Requisitioned by the Norwegian authorities in the fall of 1939 and was on a voyage from Trapani (Jan. 26) with a cargo of salt for Bergen via Gibraltar, departing Gibraltar on Febr. 5-1940 and was never heard from again. Believed to have been torpedoed and sunk on Febr. 10-1940 by U-37 (Hartmann), 51 21N 11 32W.

For info, U-37 was also responsible for the attacks on Hop, Tosca and Keret - follow the links for details.

Crew List - No survivors:
Info from the Norwegian magazine "Krigsseileren", Issue No. 1 for 1973, which says Silja had a complement of 15.

Casualties
† Captain Knut Jensen	† 1st Mate Johan Meidel Pedersen	† 2nd Mate Gudmund Hansen	† Able Seman Thomas Andersen	† Seaman Nils Pedersen	† Ordinary Seaman A. Tilts (Estonian)
† 1st Engineer Kristian Hjertaas	† 2nd Engineer Ludwig Karlsen	† Donkeyman Emery Elki	† Deckboy Ragnvald Hansen	† Stoker Kristian Juel Kristensen	† Stoker Nils Kristiansen
† Steward Einar Sørensen	† Galley Boy Kåre Svendsen	† Mess Boy Kåre Fridtjof Berg

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - The spelling of the names is somewhat different from my list above, and some of the titles are also different.

Operation information for U-37

U-37 | Werner Hartmann

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