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D/S Ingerto

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Owner: A/S Inger
Manager: Jacob Kjøde A/S, Bergen
Tonnage:
3089 gt, 4700 tdwt
Signal Letters: LEMA

Built in Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1920. Previous name John R. Gibbons until 1924.

Captain: Olaf Ellingsen.

In German control 1940, but recaptured at Spitsbergen in Aug.-1941 and went back into allied service (background history can be found in the text under the icebreaker Isbjørn).

In Nov. that same year she sailed in the westbound North Atlantic Convoy ON 31, joining the convoy off Iceland on Nov. 4.

 Final Fate - 1942: 

Ingerto is listed among the ships in Convoy SC 66 which departed Halifax on Jan. 23-1942 and arrived Liverpool on Febr. 9 (she was bound for Manchester, cargo of sulphur, and had cancelled from the previous convoy, SC 65). She was then scheduled for station 111 of Convoy OS 20 on Febr. 22-1942, but did not sail (ref. the first link at the end of this text). This may have sealed her fate, because instead she departed Clyde in ballast for Mobile on Febr. 26-1942 in another convoy (possibly ON 70 or ON 71?), left the convoy in position 44 30N 49 30W on March 11, was last seen on the 12th never to be heard from again. The assumption was she was torpedoed on the 18th, but German records indicate she was torpedoed by U-578 (Rehwinkel) around noon on the 12th in approximate position 41N 51W* (according to "Nortraships flåte").

* Roger Jordan gives the position as 29 45N 66 30W. Rohwer gives the position 29 35N 66 30W.

Crew List - No Survivors:

Casualties:

Captain
Olaf Ellingsen

1st Mate
Johannes Sundsby

2nd Mate
Karl E. Johnsen

3rd Mate
German Rasmussen

Radio Operator
Georg Ingebrektsen

Carpenter
Torstein T. Kase

Able Seaman
Arnold Dahl

Able Seaman
Alfred Pedersen

Able Seaman
Carmel Carmelbei *
(Malta)

Able Seaman/Gunner
Martin Sandnæs

Able Seaman/Gunner
Sigurd Anker Frestad

Ordinary Seaman
Charles Thomas *
(Canadian)

Ordinary Seaman
Robert Brisland *
(British)

Ordinary Seaman
Frank Newman *
(British)

1st Engineer
Herman Woldseth

2nd Engineer
Erling Lervik

3rd Engineer
Johan Olsen

Donkeyman
Hjalmar Davidsen

Stoker
Adolf Kiil

Stoker
Leif Engstrøm

Stoker
Sigurd Hansen
(Danish)

Stoker
Oliver Thomsen
(Danish)

Stoker
Sigurd Jørgensen

Stoker
Hjalmar Karlsen

Trimmer
Hans Jensen
(Danish)

Trimmer
Odd Lesund

Trimmer
Hans Paulsen

Trimmer
Felix Savedra Roe
(French)

Steward
Nils Skarpenes

Cook
Frank Thorsen

Galley Boy
Cramford Eagelsham
(British)

Mess Boy
W. N. Davidson
(British)

More details on the men denoted * can be found by entering each name in the relevant search field at the The Commonwealth War Graves Comm. website, with WW II and 1942 in the other fields to help narrow down the search results. The galley boy and the mess boy don't appear to be commemorated.

Related external links:
OS and OS/KMS Convoys - This website lists all the ships in quite a few of these convoys, along with their convoy stations and info on their destination. As can be seen, Ingerto is mentioned in Convoy OS 20.

Those who died - At first glance 24 Norwegians appear to be commemorated at this memorial for seamen in Stavern, Norway, but Hjalmar Karlsen is listed twice. In addition to those listed above there's an Able Seaman/Gunner Oluf Knudsen.

Operations information for U-578

U-578

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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 I (Norwegian Maritime Museum), and misc. (ref. My sources).

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