D/S Tolosa

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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. 9-1942 by U-108 (Scholtz) and sunk 34 40N 73 50W, all 22 died - 16 Norwegian, 2 Swedish, 2 Danish, 1 Norwegian/American and 1 British. (Tolosa did not have armament on board).

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:
Those who died - only Norwegians 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).