M/T Thorsheimer

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Source: Narve Sørensen (Ex Thor Dahl employee).

Misc. War Details & Final Fate:

(More voyages will be added).

Thorsheimer is listed as sailing in Convoy HG 21 from Gibraltar to the U.K. in March-1940, bound for Liverpool, station 43 - follow link for more convoy information.

Seized by Italian government at Spezia on June 10-1940 when on a voyage from Curaçao with oil, and the crew taken prisoners, later sent home.

Torpedoed, shelled and damaged in the Mediterranean on Jan. 9-1943 by the British submarine Umbra (Maydon), 50 miles southwest of Marsala.

Bombed by British aircraft on Febr. 21-1943 and sunk 20 miles southwest of Marettimo. (Charles Hocking states she had been taken over by the Germans).

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Other ships by this name: Thor Dahl later had two more tankers by this name, one built 1948, sold Panama 1962 (Providence), the other built 1965, sold 1971 (Langeais).

The text on this page was compiled with the help of: "Nortraships flåte", J. R. Hegland, "Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two", Jürgen Rohwer, documents about Thor Dahl ships from Narve Sørensen, "The World's Merchant Fleets", R. W. Jordan, and misc. (ref. My sources).