World War IIDS Svein Jarl (1940)

The ship was originally contracted for a British shipping company but was taken over by the Kriegsmarine in 1940 as Nierstein. It was delivered to NFDS as Haakon Jarl in 1943. In July 1943, the ship was sunk in Hamburg during an air raid but later raised and repaired in Norway. It was renamed Svein Jarl in 1947. The ship was struck by a mine and sunk on January 16, 1948, off Greece in the Mediterranean. Nine men perished in the final sinking.

About DS Svein Jarl (1940)

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1940

  • Wrecked

    16.01.1948

  • Carrier

    Det Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab,Trondheim

  • Tonnage

    3400 dvt

Casualties