Pluto
| Name | Pluto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.496 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Richardson, Duck & Co, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Pluto, Mariehamn | ||
| Homeport | Mariehamn | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  Finnish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-146 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | Grid AM 3381 - See estimated map location (58.48N08.45W) * | ||
| Complement | 39 (3 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | South America - New York - Petsamo | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of grain, 1114 tons of coal and 237 tons of oil | ||
| History | Built as Lady Lewis, 1912 renamed Yankalilla, 1929 renamed Bolivia, 1931 renamed Pluto | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.07 hours on 28 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Pluto (Master Fritjof Ejder) was hit in the engine room by one torpedo from U-146 and sank after 30 minutes about 100 miles north-northwest of Butt of Lewis. Eight days earlier, the ship had been stopped in the North Atlantic by the HMS Suffolk (55) and was first sent to Iceland with ten Royal Navy marines on board and then to Kirkwall. The master, 25 crew members and the ten marines were rescued by HMS Northern Duke (4.11). | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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