Havsten
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| Name | Havsten | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,161 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Rafen & Loennechen, Tønsberg | ||
| Homeport | Tønsberg | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 10.25N, 56.00W - Grid EE 8915 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (2 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Freetown - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Since 1941 in Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.59 hours on 4 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Havsten (Master Gjert Olsen) was hit by one torpedo from U-160 (Lassen) and at 02.05 hours, missed by a second torpedo. The U-boat then surfaced and shelled the tanker with 20 rounds, setting her on fire and the crew abandoned ship. The second engineer and another crew member had been killed on watch below. The master Captain Gjert Olsen and the British radio officer were taken prisoners by the U-boat. They were taken to the POW camps Marlag und Milag Nord, but the master eventually came back to Norway. On 14 August, the lifeboats reached land. At 10.31 hours on 6 Aug, 1942, the drifting wreck of the Havsten was sunk by the Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli (Fecia di Cossato) by two torpedoes in 11°18N/54°45W. | ||
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