FV Nyggjaberg was a Faeroese Trawler that was torpedoed by the 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 long, had a beam of and had a depth of . 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 ().