Sarthe
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| Name | Sarthe | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.271 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - W. Gray & Co (1918) Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Oct, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 34.50S, 18.40E - Grid GR 5963 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (0 dead and 57 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Aden - Lourenço Marques (3 Oct) - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | 6000 tons of bauxite and pinewood | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.02 hours on 8 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Sarthe (Master Charles Ernest Mason) was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-68 southwest of the Cape of Good Hope. The ship broke in two and sank quickly after being hit under the bridge by a coup de grâce at 22.39 hours. The master, 48 crew members and eight gunners were picked up the next day by the South African whaler HMSAS Vereeniging (T 62) and landed at Simonstown. | ||
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