MT Gustaf E. Reuter
MT Gustaf E. Reuter was a 6,336 ton Swedish motor tanker belonging to the company Rederi AB Reut. She was built in 1928 by the Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad shipyard in Gothenburg.[1]
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| Name: | Gustaf E. Reuter |
| Owner: | Rederi AB Reut, Kungsbacka, Halland, Sweden |
| Builder: | Eriksbergs M.V., Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Launched: | 14 February 1928 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk off Fair Isle, Scotland, 27 November 1939 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Oil tanker |
| Tonnage: | 6,336 tons GRT |
| Length: | 418 ft 9 in (127.64 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft 11 in (17.04 m) |
| Depth: | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | 543 nhp (405 kW) diesel engine |
| Crew: | 34 |
On a voyage from Haugesund to Curaçao she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-48 at 00.30 on 27 November 1939 at the position 59°38′N 02°03′W, 14 miles west-northwest from Fair Isle, in Shetland, Scotland,[2] and broke in two. The wreck was sunk by an escort vessel the next day. One person died while 33 survived.[3]
References
- "Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939-1945 (WWII)". mareud.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- "Ship Details Gustaf E. Reuter". ubootwaffe.net. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "Gustaf E. Reuter (Swedish Motor tanker)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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