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]