OSL49919400120001 B. P. NEWTON. Bilde via okkupasjonen.no.

1940 MT B. P. NEWTON (OSL499194001)

warsailors

Type:

Motorskip, tanker
motorship, tanker.

ID:

5614062

Flagg (flag):

NOR

Havn (port):

Oslo

Byggeår (year built):

1940/03

Bnr (Sno).:

214

Bygger (yard):

Kockums mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sverige.

Eier (owner):

Skibs-A/S Navalis, Oslo.

Disponent (manager):

Tschudi & Eitzen, Oslo.

Klasse (Class).:

DnV +1A1 Tankskip for oljelast.

Tonnasje (Tonnage):

16.000 tdw, 10.324 brt, 6.229 nrt.

Dimensjoner (size):

L: 512,3’-B: 63,2’-D: 39,0’.

Lasthåndtering
(cargo handling):

Kjølemaskineri
(Ref. machinery):

Navigasjonsutstyr:

Manøversystemer
(syst. for manouvering):

Dekksmaskineri
(deck machinery):

Kommunikasjon (comm.):

Kallesignal (Call sign):

BPLG / LKLV

Fremdrift (propulsion):

1 dieselmotor, MAN. 2-takt/dbltv., 8–sylinder, syl. dim.:
600 x 1.100 mm. 5.000 BHK Bygget av Kockums mekaniske
Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sverige.

Fart/forbr.(speed/cons.):

14,5 knop.

Hjelpemaskineri (aux):

Tot. el. kraft (el. power):

Kjeler (boilers):

3 hjelpekjeler (aux. boilers), arbeidstrykk 170 psi.

Bemanning (crew):

Historikk:

1939 Kjølstrukket 27/06.
1940 Bygget som B. P. NEWTON av Kockums mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sverige for Skibs-A/S Navalis (Tschudi & Eitzen), Oslo. Sjøsatt 13/01, ferdigstilt 19/03.
1940 Skipet lå i Sverige ved krigens begynnelse i Norge og ble en av Kvarstad skipene. Ble en del av Nortraships flåte.
1941 Chartret av Ministry of War Transport, London, England.
1942 Seilte fra Göteborg, Sverige 31/03 og kom til Leith, Scotland i god behold 01/04.
1943 Torpedert og senket 08/07 av den tyske ubåten U 510 (Oberleutnant zur See Alfred Eick) utenfor Paramaribo, Nederlandsk Guyana i posisjon 05.50N-50.20V mens hun var på reise i konvoi TJ-1 fra Trinidad til East London, Sær-Afrika med bensin. 23 av mannskapet omkom. De overlevende ble tatt opp av et eskorte skip og satt i land ved Pernambuco, Brasil.

Utdrag fra sjøforklaringen.
The Captain, Einar Andersen appeared.
The voyage went on well until the 8th July at 0125, convoy time, the ship was hit by a torpedo port side, on the after deck, between 3 and 4 tanks. At the same moment the explosion occured the ship was blazing from Bridge to stern. After the explosion all four lifeboats and rafts were burning. When the ship was hit the ship was in convoy and in position.
Before leaving the ship we managed to put the flames out of one of the lifeboats on starboard side, midships, and after this, the boat was lowered by myself and the Gunnery Officer and after being in the water, we picked up sixteen men of my crew, including one motorman named Trygve Ambrosiussen, suffering from severe burns of 1, 2 and 3rd degree. We gave him first aid with resources we had at the moment.
About 0400, convoy time, all eighteen survivors in this boat were put on board a U.S.S. P.C. No. 495. Once on on board the U.S.S. ship, the motorman was taken care of by this ship's Doctor.
Once on board the U.S.S. P.C. No. 495 I discoveed that seven more members of my crew had been picked up by the P.C. No. 495 before we had been taken on board. All the surviving members including myself were suffering from burnings.
In this way I found that twentytwo memebers of my crew were missing and we searched for them in the vicinity of the blazing ship and water up to 1400, convoy time, without any success.
In my opinion we lost such a lot of our men because when the ship was struck it happened to be in the after deck and the poop was soaked with gazoline and immediately went ablaze, most of the missing men were trapped in the flames.
At 1301, convoy time, July the 8ty, Motorman Trygve Ambrosiussen died in consequence of his burnings inspite of the efforts done to save his life. He was buried at sea on the same day with the usual ceremony.
On the 11th July, all remaining survivors, 24 men in all were transferred to the U.S.S. "SOMERS". Everybody were taken care of by this ship's Doctor. On the 17th July, in the afternoon, we arrived at this port.
Three members of my crew, ie: Gunner, Willie Svarva, Cook, Asbjørn Kaale and messboy Henry Chapman were immediately taken to the Knox Field Hospital where they are under treatment.

History in English:

1939 Keel laid 27/06.
1940 Built as B. P. NEWTON by Kockums mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Malmö, Sweden for Skibs-A/S Navalis (Tschudi & Eitzen), Oslo. Launched 31/01, completed 19/03.
1940 The vessel was in Sweden when the war came to Norway and became one of the Kvarstad vessels. Became a part of Nortraships fleet.
1941 Chartered by Ministry of War Transport, London, England.
1942 Escaped from Göteborg, Sweden 31/03 and came safe in to Leith, Scotland 01/04.
1943 Torpedoed and sunk 08/07 by the German submarine U 510 (Oberleutnant zur See Alfred Eick) off Paramaribo, Netherlands Guyana in position 05.50N-50.20W whilst on a voyage in convoy TJ-1 from Trinidad to East London, South Africa with gasoline. 23 of the crew died. The survivors were taken up by an escort vessel and landed in Pernambuco, Brazil.

OSL49919400120001 B. P. NEWTON. Maleri fra Jan Goedhart.