Har Zion
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| Name | Har Zion | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.508 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Palestine Maritime Lloyd Ltd, Tel Aviv, Palestine | ||
| Homeport | Famagusta | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 56.20N, 10W - Grid AM 5144 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (34 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | OB-205 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Savannah, Georgia | ||
| Cargo | 1000 cases of spirit and 120 tons of fertiliser | ||
| History | Built as St. Jan, 1913 renamed Nickerie, 1932 renamed Risveglio, 1935 renamed Har Zion | ||
| Notes on loss | On 31 Aug, 1940, the Har Zion (Master John N. Beighton), a straggler from convoy OB-205, was torpedoed and sunk by U-38 northwest of Bloody Foreland. The master and 33 crew members were lost. The sole survivor was Seaman Osman Adem, who was picked up by the ORP Blyskawica (H 34). | ||
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