Snabba fakta
- Nr: 203
- Art: m.t
- Namn: Sveadrott
- Typ: Tankfartyg
- Dw ton/Depl ton: 15310 dw
- Kölsträckt Start Docka: 21.12 1937
- Sjösatt Utdockad 11.7 1938
- Levererad 29.9 1938
- Fart Knop 14
- Effekt Hk/MW 5500
- Beställare: Stockholms Rederi AB Svea
From Sverre Johansen’s postcard collection.
From Sverre Johansen’s postcard collection.
From Björn Milde’s postcard collection.
Brasilien.
Besholt MV was a Norwegian Cargo Motor Vessel of 4,977 tons built in 1936. On the 2nd December 1942 when on route from Matadi & Lobito for Trinidad & New York carrying a cargo of 8,000 tons of tin, copper & palm oil and 32 bags of mail she was torpedoed by German submarine U-174 and sunk. 14 persons lost from a total of 42.
Lost 01-12-1939: Stuck a mine in Bridlington Bay. Lies 15 miles east of S. Yorkshire.