FV Nyggjaberg

FV Nyggjaberg was a Faeroese Trawler that was torpedoed by the GS U-701 in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Iceland on 7 March 1942 while she was travelling from the Faroe Islands to the Icelandic Fishing grounds.

Construction
Nyggjaberg was launched in June 1916 at the Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. shipyard in Hull, United Kingdom and completed in September of the same year. The ship was 42.7 m long, had a beam of 7.3 m and had a depth of 4 m. She was assessed at and had 1 x 3 cyl. triple expansion steam engine driving a single screw propeller. The ship could generate 82 n.h.p. with a speed of 10.5 knots.

Sinking
Nyggjaberg left the Faroe Islands for the Icelandic Fishing grounds on 15 February 1942. On 7 March 1942 at 23.14 pm when she was hit on starboard side by a G7e torpedo from the German submarine U-701 southeast of Iceland. She sank within two minutes with no survivors from her 21-man crew.

Wreck
The wreck of Nyggjaberg lies at (63.15°N, -13.36667°W).