Agra
| Name | Agra | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.569 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-654 (Ludwig Forster) | ||
| Position | 34.40N, 69.35W - Grid CA 9892 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Philadelphia - Capetown - Port Sudan - Suez - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 6666 tons of general cargo, including nitrate and motor trucks | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.23 hours on 20 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Agra was torpedoed and sunk by U-654. The ship had been missed by a spread of three torpedoes from U-136 (Zimmermann) at 16.04 hours the same day. The master and five crew members were lost. Among the 33 survivors were seven passengers. | ||
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