Flora II
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| Name | Flora II | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.218 tons | ||
| Completed | 1909 - Burmeister & Wainīs Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Ellermanīs Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-254 (Hans Gilardone) | ||
| Position | 62.45N, 19.07W - Grid AE 7664 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (0 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Reykjavik (2 Aug) - Scrabster - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 358 tons of fish and ice | ||
| History | Completed in November 1909 as Flora for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS), Copenhagen. 1940 seized by Britain and renamed Flora II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.27 hours on 2 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Flora II (Master Peter Kristjan Johanes Nielsen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-254 60 miles southeast of Vestmannaeyar, Iceland. The master, 24 crew members, four gunners and one passenger were picked up by the Icelandic trawler Juni and landed at Reykjavik. | ||
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