D/S Torungen
Updated Apr. 9-2009

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Uboat.net has a picture of this ship (external link).
Another picture is available on this external page (click in it to enlarge).

Notes:

As can be seen when going to Page 1 above, Torungen was in Trinidad when war broke out in Norway on Apr. 9-1940, having arrived there from Paramaribo that same day, making several voyages between Paramaribo and Trinidad that year, and also the following year. Her 1941 voyages start on Page 2 and continue on Page 3, which also shows her 1942 voyages (it'll be noticed that she spent 3 weeks in St. John's, N.F. at the beginning of that year).

Final Fate - 1942:

Torungen had departed Halifax on Febr. 21-1942 and was expected at Charleston on the 27th. On March 2, the Canadian fishing vessel Lucille M found a waterfilled lifeboat from Torungen outside Lockport, Nova Scotia, with the body of 1st Engineer Sivert Krøble.

Torungen had been torpedoed, shelled and sunk by U-96 (Lehmann-Willenbrock) on Febr. 22, 44N 63 30W. All 19 died, among them 3 Danish, 1 Swedish, 1 Finnish, 1 Dutch and 1 Estonian; the remaining 12 were Norwegian. According to Uboat.net (external page), they had all gotten away from the ship in lifeboats, and were seen by those on the U-boat to be rowing towards land. The website also says that Torungen had been missed by a torpedo a little over an hour earlier, adding that she had a cargo of paper and cellulose.

For info, U-96 was also responsible for the attacks on Caledonia, Tyr and Sveve - follow the links for dates and further details (Lucille M was sunk later that year, by U-89 - ref. link at the end of this page).

Crew List - No survivors:

Casualties
† Captain Emil Bruun	† 1st Mate Arthur Asbjørnsen (Ambjørnsen?)	† 2nd Mate Georg A. Monsen	† Able Seaman Audun Johannesen	† Able Seaman Inghart Jacobsen	† Ordinary Seaman Sigurd Larsen
† Ordinary Seaman Nils Tjørnelund (Danish)	† Ordinary Seaman Eddy Plak (Dutch)	† 1st Engineer Sivert Krøble	† 2nd Engineer Anders Svendsen	† 3rd Engineer Håkon Pedersen	† Donkeyman A. Andersen (Danish)
† Stoker Thorleif Øivold	† Stoker Carl Nyquist (Swedish)	† Stoker Ilmari Oittinen (Finnish)	† Stoker E. Pallo (Estonian)	† Steward Olaf Sundby	† Cook Alf Johnsen
† Mess Boy Anders Kr. Andersen (Danish)

Related external links:
Stavern Memorial commemorations - This memorial gives the names of 13 Norwegians (some of the names are spelt a little differently). In addition to the ones listed above, there's a Seaman Aksel Pettersen commemorated.

U-96 | Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

The attack on Lucille M

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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, and misc. (ref. My sources).