Umvuma
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| Name | Umvuma | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.419 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Bullard King & Co Ltd (Natal Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Aug, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 20.18S, 57.14E - Grid KG 5878 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 111 (22 dead and 89 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DN-54 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Freetown - Durban (29 Jul) - Port Louis, Mauritius | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of general cargo, 2000 tons of sugar and 800 tons of military stores | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.16 hours on 7 Aug, 1943, the Umvuma (Master John Newby Gibson), dispersed from convoy DN-54, was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 southwest of Port Louis, Mauritius. 17 crew members, one gunner and four passengers were lost. The master, 72 crew members, eight gunners and eight passengers were picked up by the salvage tug Maurice and landed at Port Louis. | ||
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