Suecia
| Name | Suecia | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.966 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Nordstjernan (Axel Axelson Johnson), Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-596 (Gunter Jahn) | ||
| Position | 55.43N, 25.58W - Grid AL 4189 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (9 dead and 38 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-95 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Baltimore - New York - Sydney - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including steel, phosphate, tobacco and pulp | ||
| History | Completed in December 1912 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 16 Aug, 1942, the Suecia, a straggler from convoy SC-95, was stopped by U-596 and searched for contraband. After it became clear that the ship was en route in British service, the crew and 12 passengers were ordered to abandon ship. The U-boat then sank the ship with a torpedo, but erroneously reported her victim as the Suevia. The survivors abandoned ship in four lifeboats, but one was lost on launch and the other boats were soon separated in bad weather with high seas. During the storm, one survivor fell overboard from a lifeboat and drowned, while another boat with eight occupants was never seen again. | ||
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