Polydorus
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| Name | Polydorus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.922 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Scott´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Mij ´Oceaan´, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Amsterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-176 (Reiner Dierksen) | ||
| Position | 09.01N, 25.38W - Grid ES 1659 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 81 (1 dead and 80 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-145 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool (8 Nov) - Freetown | ||
| Cargo | 8657 tons of military stores, including 1500 tons of ammunition | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.54 hours on 27 Nov, 1942, the Polydorus (Master H. Brouwer), dispersed from the convoy ON-145 on 15 November, was hit by two torpedoes from U-176 northwest of Freetown and sank after a huge explosion at 05.03 hours. The U-boat had missed with six torpedoes during a chase lasting 50 hours, the longest recored pursuit by a U-boat in the Second World War. The master, 66 crew members, eleven gunners and two passengers abandoned ship in four lifeboats immediately after the hits, but one Chinese crew member died in an accident while lowering the boats. The survivors were picked up by the Spanish merchant Eolo (Master Urgelles) and landed on 5 December at Las Palmas, Canary Islands. | ||
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