Boka
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| Name | Boka | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.560 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Canadian Vickers Ltd, Montreal, Quebec | ||
| Owner | Cia Centroamericana de Nav. Ltda, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-138 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 55.54N, 07.24W - Grid AM 5365 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (8 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-216 | ||
| Route | Barry, South Wales - Sierra Leone - Takoradi | ||
| Cargo | coal | ||
| History | Completed as Canadian Planter in January 1920 for the Canadian Government, Montreal and since 1928 managed by Canadian National Steamships Ltd. 1936 sold to Montreal, Australia, New Zealand Line Ltd (MANZ Line Ltd), Montreal, later that year sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Boka for Zetska Plovidba Ackionarsko Drustvo, Kotor. 1940 registered in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 21.20 and 21.26 hours on 20 Sep, 1940, U-138 fired torpedoes at the convoy OB-216 52 miles northwest of Rathlin Island and reported three ships totalling 20.000 tons sunk. The three ships sunk were New Sevilla, Boka and City of Simla. | ||
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