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from Bjørn Pedersen's collection
Built by: A/B Gotaverken, Gotenburg Completed: 1939
Owner: Brovigfark, Farsund.
Tonnage: 10,173 grt, 6083 nett, 15,500 dwt
In Admiralty Service (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) from 1941
The Andrea Brovig left Port of Spain on 22 June 1942 bound for Freetown with a cargo of 14,000 tons of fuel oil, on the 23rd off Trinidad she was attacked by U128 (Korvettan Luitenant Ulrich Heyse) who fired a torpedo at the ship, which struck her on the Starboard side, amidships.
The crew abandoned ship and were pulling away from her, when she was hit by a second torpedo, U 128 then proceeded to shell the ship which quickly became engulfed in flames and sank after about an hour in position 12º 10’ N 59º 10’ W
Some of the crew made land at Tobago and the rest managed to reach Port of Spain on the 25 June. There were no casualties in the crew of 32 Norwegian, 4 Canadian and 4 British seamen. |
