On This Day (3rd May) – WW2 Shipwreckollections

SS Jutland (1928-1942)

Jutland was a British steam merchant of 6,153 tonnes, built in 1928 and owned by Tyne & Wear Shipping Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

The cargo ship was on route from Dundee to Reykjavik and Murmansk carrying 1,560 tonnes of military stores, including 500 tonnes of cordite and 300 tonnes of ammunition.
Jutland was lagging behind the convoy when, on 2 May 1942, it was hit and damaged by a German torpedo aircraft south of Bear Island. One passenger was lost. The master, 53 crew members and eight passengers abandoned the ship, were picked up by The Royal Navy and landed at Murmansk on 6 May.

At 00.14 hours, on 3 May 1942, the abandoned Jutland was torpedoed and sunk by U-251.

The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society provided the survivors with £62/14s worth of financial support – the equivalent of £2,852 today.

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