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D/S Inger Elisabeth To Inger Elisabeth on the "Ships starting with I" page. Manager: Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen Built at Framnes Mek Verksted A/S, Sandefjord in 1920. Previous name Cissy until 1939. Captain: Andreas Seim.
(dates are European style, showing day/month).
For voyages in between those mentioned here, please see her voyage record. Inger Elisabeth is listed among the ships in the slow Sydney (C.B.)-U.K. Convoy SC 7 which lost so many ships in Oct.-1940 (incl. Norwegian Snefjeld). She was bound for Methil and West Hartlepool with cargo of pit props. At the beginning of Dec. that year she shows up in Convoy OB 256, leaving Liverpool on Dec. 8-1940. Her destination is given as St. John, N.B. - ref. first external link below for more. At the end of Jan.-1941 she was scheduled for the slow Halifax-U.K. Convoy SC 21, but instead joined Convoy SC 23 the following month, cargo of lumber for London and Grimsby. That spring, in May-1941, she was scheduled for Convoy SC 31, but cancelled and joined the next convoy, SC 32. In Aug./Sept.-1941 she was in Convoy SC 42, in which Stargard was sunk. Inger Elisabeth had a cargo of steel, lumber and pulp, station 62. Follow the link for details on this convoy battle and the names of other ships sunk (incl. the cruising order of the convoy). As will be seen, SC 42 also had several other Norwegian ships. For info, the book "Attack & Sink - The Battle of the Atlantic Summer 1941" by Bernard Edwards (1998 - ISBN: 1-883283-34-5) deals specifically with this convoy (it has its share of errors, but is very well written). A couple of months later, in the middle of Nov.-1941, she was scheduled for Convoy SC 55, but instead joined the next convoy, SC 56, cargo of flour for London. She can also be found among the ships in Convoy SC 73 in March-1942, and after having discharged her cargo of flour she returned with the westbound Convoy ON 82 early the following month (convoy will be added), and in May that year she's listed as sailing in SC 83 from Halifax (having been cancelled from SC 82). In the middle of July we find her in Convoy SC 92, cargo of flour for Bristol, and in Aug. she appears in station 73 of the westbound Convoy ON 122, in which Trolla was sunk. Related external links: See also this
Inger Elizabeth departed Sydney NS for Port Alfred on Sept. 13-1942 with a cargo of 3400 tons of coal, sailing in Convoy SQ 36. On Sept. 15, when 4-5 n. miles off land near Cap de Rosier, Gulf of St. Lawrence, she was torpedoed by U-517 (Härtwig), struck in the starboard side amidships, in the after part of No. 2 hatch and the boiler room. At the time of attack she was on a course 340° true, sailing at a speed of 7 knots, in clear and calm weather. A second torpedo was later seen to pass astern, frequently breaking water and eventually striking the cliffs south of Cap de Rosier. Inger Elizabeth developed a heavy list and sank within 5 minutes in 48 49N 64 06W. No distress signals had been sent. The starboard lifeboat was partly destroyed in the explosion but the port boat and dinghy(?) were successfully launched and those who had jumped overboard were picked up by the boats. Able Seaman Brune, who had been on lookout duty on the bridge, had jumped overboard though he could not swim, and was never seen again. 3rd Engineer Henrik Knag and the Irish Trimmer Edward Mangan were killed in the engine room. The attacker was not seen, but while the survivors were in the lifeboats, a periscope was observed breaking the surface for about 10 minutes, passing from port to starboard astern of the convoy. The 23 survivors rowed towards shore until motorboats came out and towed them into Cap de Rosier. They were later taken to Gaspe. The hearings were held in Montreal on Sept. 24-1942 with the captain, the 2nd mate (who had been on board since July-1939), the 1st engineer, the boatswain and the donkeyman appearing. Other ships torpedoed in this convoy were: The Dutch Saturnus (sunk around the same time as Inger Elizabeth by U-517), the British Essex Lance was damaged by U-165 the following morning, and shortly afterwards the Greek Joannis was sunk by U-165, which also damaged the American Pan York. See the external link provided below for more on these ships.
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Related external links: Operations information for U-517 U-517 | Paul Härtwig - Uboat.net's information on this U-boat and its commander. Also, the site has a section on Allied ships hit by U-boats, and by typing the name of each vessel sunk or damaged in Convoy SQ 36 (names listed above) in the search field, more information on the incident is available. Back to Inger Elisabeth on the "Ships starting with I" page. The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Sjøforklaringer fra 2. verdenskrig", Norwegian Maritime Museum, Volume I, and misc. (ref. My sources).
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