Daghestan
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| Name | Daghestan | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5,742 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Short Bros Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Common Brothers Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Mar 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-57 ( Claus Korth) | ||
| Position | 58.47N, 02.46W - Grid AN 1642 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (3 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Scapa Flow - Sullom Voe, Shetlands | ||
| Cargo | 7600 tons of crude oil | ||
| History | At 00.15 hours on 20 Feb, 1940, U-19 (Schepke) fired one torpedo at the Daghestan in 59°21N/01°48W (grid AN 1491). Schepke reported that the torpedo hit the tanker, but the torpedo exploded a few yards beyond the ship. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 20 Mar, 1940, the Daghestan (Master John Rutherford) was bombed and damaged by a German aircraft. At 20.11 hours on 25 March, the damaged tanker was sunk by a coup de grāce by U-57 nine miles east of Copinsay, Orkneys. Two crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 28 crew members were picked up by the HMS Northern Wave (FY 153) (Lt G.P.S. Lowe) and HMS Brontes (FY 118) (Cdr T.St.V. Tyler) and landed at Lyness, Orkneys. | ||
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