World War IIMT Kollskegg
MT Kollskegg was on a journey to Halifax to join an eastbound convoy carrying 14.000 ton of oil. On the 6th of April 1942, the ship was torpedoed by the German uboat U-754 in a position straight east from Cape Hatteras. The ship kept itself afloat. The Captain managed to send out a message through the radio about their situation and set their course to Hampton Roads. The uboat trailed them and sent another torpedo that struck their machine room. The crew went for the boats and Kollskegg sunk within four minutes. Later that day, and not too far, another ship under the same ownership, MT Koll, had been sunk. This caused five lifeboats carrying 80 men to drift on the waters outside of Cape Hatteras on April 7th 1942. One of the boats from Kollskegg was after a whole day observed and the people were brought to shore in Nassau in Bahamas. On the evening of the 7th of April, the lifeboat from Kollskegg contacted two Koll-boats. They followed for a while, but due to the weather the boats drifted apart. They were wet and froze with pain in their legs. On the 14th of April, the lifeboat was observed by a Canadian warship and they were brought to Halifax. Five perished in the sinking, three Norwegians and two Britons.
About MT Kollskegg
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Nationality
Norway
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Built
1940
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Wrecked
06.04.1942
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Carrier
Odd Berg, Oslo
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Tonnage
15000 dvt
