MT Solør

World War IIMT Solør

MT Solør was on a journey in an ongoing convoy from St. Georges Channel, loaded with 11.000-ton gasoline, headed for Clyde. On the 27th of January 1945, the vessel was torpedoed by, presumably, a German U-823 submarine 30 nautical miles SW of Bardsey Island. The vessel was stuck in the starboard, close to the amidships, and water streamed with haste into the machine room. Due to the fire hazard, the captain ordered all the men to the boats. The vessel kept itself afloat and the crew boarded the ship the very next day. Solør was dragged and beached in Oxwich Bay. Half of the cargo and 17 airplanes on the open deck was unloaded before the ship broke in half and was abandoned as a wreck. Four from the engine crew perished in the sinking.

About MT Solør

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1938

  • Wrecked

    27.01.1945

  • Carrier

    Samuel Ugelstad, Brevik/Oslo

  • Tonnage

    12775 dvt

Casualties