Anadara
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Anadara | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.009 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-587 (Ulrich Borcherdt) | ||
| Position | 43.57N, 44.45W - Grid BC 8590 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (62 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-67 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Heysham (9 Feb) - Clyde (14 Feb) - Halifax - Curaçao | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | At 21.53 hours on 30 Aug, 1940, the Anadara in convoy OB-205 was torpedoed and damaged by U-59 (Matz) in position 56°15N/09°10W (grid AM 5245). The tanker was en route from Dingle to Corpus Christi in ballast. There were no casualties. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.50 hours on 24 Feb, 1942, U-558 (Krech) fired three torpedoes at the convoy ONS-67 east of Halifax in 43°45N/43°15W (grid BC 8932) and observed three hits. Two ships stopped, the third continued on. The description of the target and the extremely large hole in the tanker´s side make it certain that not only the first torpedo but the third one too hit the Anadara. The second torpedo may have been aimed at the Empire Celt, which continued on her way, but the ship which was sighted with engines stopped was, according to the position given, the Eidanger. The master, 53 crew members and eight gunners from the Anadara (Master William Thomas Walmsley) were lost. | ||
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