World War IIDS Gyda
SS Gyda was on a journey from Glasgow to Bathrust with 1980 tons salt, when the ship on the 18th of July 1940 was torpedoed by a the German uboat U-58 in position 56N, 10W. The entire shipside was immediately shredded away. They could not manage to turn off the machines so the ship went full speed ahead down in the sea, and sunk in under a minute. The ship brought with itself 11 men into the depths. The survivors were rescued the day after and were brought to New York.
About DS Gyda
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Nationality
Norway
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Built
1920
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Wrecked
18.07.1940
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Carrier
William Hansen, Bergen
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Tonnage
2400 dvt
