Arnon
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| Name | Arnon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 558 tons | ||
| Completed | 1883 - Georg Howaldt, Kiel | ||
| Owner | Orient Coast Line, Haifa | ||
| Homeport | Haifa | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Palestinian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-375 (Jürgen Könenkamp) | ||
| Position | 34.48N, 35.54E - Grid CP 3785 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lattakia - Tripoli - Syria | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Ferdinand, later renamed Nordsee, 1927 renamed Volos, 1928 renamed Duben, 1933 renamed Pohjarand and 1938 renamed Arnon. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 3 Sep, 1942, U-375 sighted a small southbound convoy of three sailing vessels and the small steamer Arnon about five miles north of Tartous. At 13.42 hours, the first sailing vessel of about 80 tons was sunk with ten rounds of gunfire and a second of about 80 tons was sunk with seven rounds at 14.55 hours. The steamer was then sunk at 15.04 hours by one torpedo, before the last sailing vessel of about 100 tons was sunk at 15.35 hours with 15 rounds. It is possible that the Palestinian sailing vessel Salina (108 grt), which is reported by Allied sources as being sunk on 7 September was sunk in this attack by U-375. | ||
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