Dalfram
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| Name | Dalfram | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.558 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Scott´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Campbell Brothers & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Aug, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 20.53S, 56.43E - Grid KG 8555 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (3 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lourenco Marques - Durban (22 Jul) - Aden - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 6821 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.30 hours on 4 Aug, 1943, the unescorted Dalfram (Master David H. Hogg) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 east of Madagascar. Three crew members were lost. The master, 34 crew members and five gunners landed after eight days on the island of Ile Ste Marie, east of Madagascar. | ||
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