City of Manila
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| Name | City of Manila | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.452 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-406 (Horst Dieterichs) | ||
| Position | 43.21N, 18.20W - Grid BE 8977 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 96 (1 dead and 95 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-118 | ||
| Route | Bombay - Cochin - Capetown - Freetown (4 Aug) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of general cargo, including pig iron and groundnuts | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.22 hours on 19 Aug, 1942, the City of Manila (Master Alfred Sutton Reay) in convoy SL-118 was torpedoed by U-406 west of Cape Finisterre and abandoned. The next day, the vessel was reboarded by a part of her crew. Later the ship broke in two, was again abandoned and sank. One crew member was lost. The master, 83 crew members and eleven gunners were rescued. 46 survivors were picked up by the British merchant Empire Voice and landed at Loch Ewe. 49 survivors were rescued by the British sloop HMS Gorleston (Y 92) (Cdr R.W. Keymer) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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