MV Protektor was a bulk cargo ship that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in January 1991 with the loss of her entire crew.
[1] She was launched on 17 December 1966 and delivered on 22 March 1967, bearing the name Ursula Schulte and sailing under the German flag.
[1] In January 1991, Protektor was sailing eastbound from Port-Cartier, Quebec to Oxelösund, Sweden with a cargo of iron ore when she ran into a severe winter storm about 260 miles (420 km) southeast of Newfoundland.
[2] The Canadian Air Force dispatched a search plane, but radio contact was lost with Protektor before she was ever located.
[2] A search effort continued, but with severe weather remaining in the area it was called off at the end of the following day, with all 33 crew members presumed dead.