MT Gustaf E. Reuter

MT Gustaf E. Reuter was a 6,336 ton Swedish motor tanker belonging to the company Rederi AB Reut. She was built in 1928 by the Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstad shipyard in Gothenburg.[1]

History
Sweden
Name: Gustaf E. Reuter
Owner: Rederi AB Reut, Kungsbacka, Halland, Sweden
Builder: Eriksbergs M.V., Gothenburg, Sweden
Launched: 14 February 1928
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk off Fair Isle, Scotland, 27 November 1939
General characteristics [1]
Type: Oil tanker
Tonnage: 6,336 tons GRT
Length: 418 ft 9 in (127.64 m)
Beam: 55 ft 11 in (17.04 m)
Depth: 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m)
Propulsion: 543 nhp (405 kW) diesel engine
Crew: 34

On a voyage from Haugesund to Curaçao she was torpedoed and sunk by the U-boat U-48 at 00.30 on 27 November 1939 at the position 59°38′N 02°03′W, 14 miles west-northwest from Fair Isle, in Shetland, Scotland,[2] and broke in two. The wreck was sunk by an escort vessel the next day. One person died while 33 survived.[3]

References
  1. "Merchant and Navy Ship events 1939-1945 (WWII)". mareud.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. "Ship Details Gustaf E. Reuter". ubootwaffe.net. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. Helgason, Guðmundur. "Gustaf E. Reuter (Swedish Motor tanker)". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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