Caprella
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| Name | Caprella | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.230 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 56.37N, 17.15W - Grid AL 0381 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (1 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-79 | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Mersey | ||
| Cargo | 11.300 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.15 hours on 20 Oct, 1940, U-100 fired two torpedoes at two tankers in convoy HX-79 from within the columns about 150 miles southwest of Rockall and hit Caprella and Sitala, which both caught fire after being torpedoed and sank later. The burning Caprella (Master Percy Prior) was quickly abandoned by the crew. One crew member was lost. The master and 51 crew members were picked up by the HMS Lady Elsa (FY 124) (Lt J.G. Rankin) and landed at Belfast. | ||
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