SS Sneland I

History
Name	Sneland I
Owner	Stange & Dreyer GmbH (1922-1925) Richard Amlie & Sverre Amlie (1925-1945)
Port of registry	Haugesund
Builder	Nüscke & Co., Stettin-Grabow
Completed	September 1922
Identification	Code Letters LCYF–LDWB
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by U-2336, 7 May 1945
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	1,791 GRT
Length	82 m
Beam	13 m
Depth	5 m
Propulsion	Screw propeller
Crew	29

Sneland I (Norwegian for “snowland one”) was a 1,791 GRT cargo ship which was built by Nüscke & Co. shipyard at Stettin-Grabow (then Germany) in 1922. She was the last merchant ship to be torpedoed by Germany in the Second World War, on 7 May 1945, one day before German surrender.^[1]