World War IIDS Løvstad

The DS Løvstad served in Nortraship service during the war. On 28 April 1942, a fire broke out aboard the vessel while it was in the Mediterranean. When the Indian SS El Madina was torpedoed by a Japanese U-boat on 16 March 1944, Løvstad successfully rescued 814 people from the sinking. The ship was scrapped in 1959.

About DS Løvstad

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1921

  • Wrecked

    -

  • Carrier

    Samuelsen, Victor, Farsund

  • Tonnage

    5500 dvt

Casualties