Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim lost after being attacked by enemy aircraft according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 83 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 27 March-3 April 1941

An item reported that on 24 March was lost the Norwegian merchant tanker Solmsim due to bombs of enemy aircraft, tonnage 8,070 tons , loaded with government stores, underway from Piraeus, Greece to Alexandria, Egypt, part of convoy yes, on the position off the south coast of Crete, Greece. All men saved.(1)

Note

1. Name misspelled must be Solheim, sunk by German Junkers Ju88 bombers.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-16-1.