Columbine
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| Name | Columbine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.268 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Submarine Boat Corp, Newark NJ | ||
| Owner | Union Government of South Africa, Capetown | ||
| Homeport | Capetown | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Jun, 1944 | Nationality:  South African | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg) | ||
| Position | 32.44S, 17.22E - Grid GR 4931 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (26 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Congo River - Luanda - Capetown | ||
| Cargo | Timber | ||
| History | Laid down as Kaboka, completed as Sunugentco, 1931 renamed American Admiral Laws for Pacific SS Lines Ltd Inc, San Francisco; 1940 sold to Thailand and renamed Suriyothai Nawa, 1942 renamed South African Columbine | ||
| Notes on loss | On 16 Jun, 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198 25 miles northwest of Cape Castle, South West Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost. | ||
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