Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Veronica


NameVeronica
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,316 tons
Completed1918 - Limhamns Skeppsvarf A/B, Limhamn 
OwnerJoh. Gorthon, Helsingborg 
HomeportHelsingborg 
Date of attack17 Nov 1940Nationality:      Swedish
 
FateSunk by U-137 ( Herbert Wohlfarth)
Position55.20N, 08.45W - Grid AM 5289
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Complement20 (17 dead and 3 survivors).
ConvoyHG-46
RouteAguilas, Spain - Gibraltar - Barrow-in-Furness 
Cargo1800 tons of iron ore 
History Completed in August 1918 for Rederi A/B Activ, Helsingborg. 
Notes on loss At 17.30 hours on 17 Nov, 1940, U-137 spotted two ships from the convoy HG-46 and sank both with one torpedo each north-northwest of Tory Island. The Saint Germain was hit at 20.14 hours and the Veronica (Master R. Elmquist) at 20.40 hours. The survivors on a raft were picked up after five days by a fishing trawler and landed at Londonderry. 


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