SHIPS HIT NORWAY 39 - NORWEGIAN SHIPS CARGO LOST
6)BESHOLT U-174
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Built 1936
Tonnage 4,977 / 9,015 tons
Cargo: 8,000 tons of copper, tin and palmoil
Route: Lobito Angola - Trinidad - New York
Sunk 02 DEC 42 by U-174 on position 03º20"N 30º30"W
14 Dead
28 Survivors
At 23.17 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the Besholt (Master Leif Langefoss) was torpedoed by U-174 and sank very quickly. 14 died, among them the master and an American female passenger. The survivors had abandoned ship in two lifeboats, one reached land near Camocim, Ceara Brazil on 11 December, while the other reached Canarias Island near Parnaiba on 14 December, after having sailed 800 miles.
Above a aerial view of the still desolate Canaris Island where survivors washed up.
By Besholt (Norwegian Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
