D/S Tolosa
Updated Sept. 20-2012

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Final Fate - 1942:

Tolosa was expected at Chester, Pennsylvania on Febr. 10-1942, having left Kingston, Jamaica on Febr. 1, but was never heard from again. Torpedoed on Febr. 9 by U-108 (Scholtz) and sunk 34 40N 73 50W. (Tolosa did not have armament on board). According to Uboat.net (see link to U-108 at the end of this page), she was hit underneath the funnel by a G7e torpedo and sank fast by the bow after a boiler explosion. The U-boat surfaced after the attack and saw survivors clinging to swamped lifeboats, but could not assist them due to the danger of an air attack, and all 22 died - 16 Norwegian, 2 Swedish, 2 Danish, 1 Norwegian/American and 1 British.

For info, U-108 was also responsible for the attacks on Christian Krohg, Blink, Norland and Breñas - follow the links for details.

Crew List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Harald N. Kruse	† 1st Mate Magnus Hay	† 2nd Mate Sverre Tollefsen	† Boatswain Hans Hansen	† Able Seaman Werner Höglund (Swedish)	† Able Seaman Thoralf Ask
† Able Seaman Jacob Erichsen (Norw.-American)	† Ordinary Seaman Erik Håvind	† Ordinary Seaman Marius Pedersen (Danish)	† Ordinary Seaman Kurt Yhman (Swedish)	† 1st Engineer Ole Pettersen	† 2nd Engineer Kristian Kristiansen
† 3rd Engineer Sigfred Simonsen	† Donkeyman Ivar Jensen	† Stoker Peder Teistedal	† Stoker August Augustson (Danish)	† Stoker Thorleif Stav	† Trimmer John Hognestad
† Trimmer Olaf Gulliksen	† Steward Nils Halvorsen	† Cook Arne Wilhelmsen	† Mess Boy Dennis Patterson (British)

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - Norwegians only are commemorated.

U-108 | Karl Scholtz

Astrup Fearnley - the Fearnley company today.

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This company had also lost a steamship named Tolosa in WW I, built 1915, 1833 gt - sunk off Ushant on Sept. 13-1916 by the German UB-18, while on a voyage from Bilbao for Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore.

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Volume II, Norwegian Maritime Museum (ref. My sources).